A high minimum wage doesn't seem to harm the Scandinavian economies, but the EU wants to change things.High-wage Nordic countries, including Denmark and Sweden, are battling plans to introduce an EU-wide minimum wage over fears the measure will undermine their century-old models of collective bargaining.The European commission will take the first step towards a common framework for setting minimum wages in EU member states on Tuesday as part of a pledge by its new president, Ursula von der Leyen to stem a “brain drain” from east to west. But with the backing of major unions, politicians in countries where employer-worker negotiations set the rates of pay are set to challenge the proposals. They argue that Brussels’ intervention could ultimately lead to lower wages among their
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High-wage Nordic countries, including Denmark and Sweden, are battling plans to introduce an EU-wide minimum wage over fears the measure will undermine their century-old models of collective bargaining.
The European commission will take the first step towards a common framework for setting minimum wages in EU member states on Tuesday as part of a pledge by its new president, Ursula von der Leyen to stem a “brain drain” from east to west.
But with the backing of major unions, politicians in countries where employer-worker negotiations set the rates of pay are set to challenge the proposals.
They argue that Brussels’ intervention could ultimately lead to lower wages among their workforces.
The Guardian
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