Verdi boss calls on traffic lights to correct the corona emergency

The Chancellor and the Union are against an end to the epidemic emergency, and resistance is growing in the countries too.

Now the trade union camp, which is close to the SPD, is calling on the emerging traffic light to correct it.

Berlin - Verdi boss Frank Werneke has called for a correction of the expiry of the epidemic corona emergency targeted by the nascent traffic light coalition.

"The expiry of the pandemic is a mistake," said Werneke of the German Press Agency in Berlin. "At this point there should be a correction." The SPD, Greens and FDP in the Bundestag want to let the epidemic emergency run out on November 25, against the will of the Union, the incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel and, for example, several Green health ministers of the federal states.

With an amendment to the Infection Protection Act, the federal states are to be given the opportunity to apply a smaller catalog of measures until March 19. Werneke criticized: “That is the wrong signal in this critical situation.” It cannot be ruled out that contact restrictions will again have to occur. “This possibility is now to be largely surrendered.” With this, the union chairman, himself a member of the SPD, is opposed to the first concrete project of the coalition of the SPD candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

According to the traffic light plans, steps known from previous lockdown phases, such as the general closure of certain facilities, should no longer be possible. The President of the Robert Koch Institute, Lothar Wieler, said on Friday, in line with other scientists, that bans on major events and the closure of bars or clubs would have to be considered in particularly polluted regions.

Werneke welcomed the fact that the traffic light partners want to introduce 3G in the workplace.

It is “appropriate and necessary” that only those who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested are then allowed to work in presence.

"If the employees do not have to provide proof of vaccination, their personal rights are preserved," said Werneke.

They can be expected to prove that they have been vaccinated, recovered or tested.

The check by employers can be done "routinely and quickly".

The following applies to employees: “It is much more convenient to disclose the vaccination status.

But if you don't want that, you can have yourself tested before starting work. "

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There is controversy about the compulsory vaccination for employees in daycare centers, elementary schools, in the health service and care facilities.

"After weighing all aspects, we would like to adhere to the principle of voluntariness for everyone," said Werneke.

A close-knit network of tests is necessary.

Werneke also said that the regulatory agencies would not manage the control of access rules such as 2G in the federal states alone, even if the municipalities increased capacities.

Violations would have to be punished noticeably.

Compliance with the rules must become everyday culture.

dpa