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The enraged debate that started with the announcement, yesterday, March 29, that 10,000 employees were going to be fired by the Schlecker drug store chain, should have repercussions well beyond the retail industry. Until the middle of the day, a group of Länder run by the social-democrats did everything it could to organize the public and regional funding of a "transfer company" ensuring the redeployment of the employees concerned for six months. However, three regional Ministers of economic affairs from the liberal party blocked this attempt in the name of compliance with the laws on competition and the proper management of public spending. In addition to the political match sparked off by this episode, the debate also concerns the usefulness and effectiveness of transfer companies, the long-term social cost of the layoffs or even the role of the trade unions, who boycotted Scheckler because of anti-social practices for a long time. (Ref. 120214)
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