A year ago, the German Supply Chain Act came into effect to combat child labor, starvation wages, and environmental destruction that consumers benefit from. Has it worked?
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Social inequality in Germany is on the rise Germany s poor are getting poorer, and the rich richer. A new government report has made clear how wide the country s social divide is growing.
More and more people in Germany have precariously low incomes
Djamila Kordus is a brave woman. The trained retail saleswoman ventured onto television on the ARD talk show Hart aber fair on May 10, entitled, Poor despite work is social advancement an empty promise?
Kordus is a single mother. Money is always tight. Although she has a full-time job at a large online retailer as a warehouse clerk, she says she is left with around €500 ($610) to live on per month after deducting all her fixed costs.
COVID: Nurses and carers are the heroines of the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has put extra strain on nurses and carers in Germany. Both roles tend to be filled by women, who earn substantially less than their male counterparts.
Nurse Katrin Berger in Berlin is passionate about her job, despite the poor pay and difficult working condiditons
Katrin Berger can put on her protective gear in a matter of seconds: disinfectant, plastic medical hood, FFP3 mask. The nurse works in the intensive care unit at the Helios hospital in Berlin-Buch. She s been there 26 years. These days, she s usually surrounded by machines, pipes, medication and many fellow women.