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[-] computerscientistI@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Why? Cause shops are open on sunday? Having no workers rights makes that a lot easier

Yes. Shops being closed on Sundays is a major PITA. I have 2 days off a week. So I have to buy groceries in overcrowded shops in the evening or in overcrowded shops on Saturdays. Or I drive across the border and buy in Luxemburg, on Sundays. So the VAT I am creating stays in another country. Which is just plain stupid.

Also: workers' rights and shops being open on Sundays aren't mutually exclusive.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The churches don't have enough political influence to keep Sunday a rest day. That we still have a mostly closed down Sunday (minus vital and emergency services and recreation) is union influence. IG Metall and Ver.di would skin the SPD alive if they were to propose abolishing it.

Consider the alternative: All your friends have different days off, so organising a grill party becomes a once in a summer opportunity when all your days off happen to align.

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't IG Metall mostly a manufacturing workers union? Those jobs usually get weekends off either way, no?

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

On the contrary there's a lot of shift work in industry, especially IG Metall's "core" clientele, metalworkers. A blast furnace don't care whether it's Sunday you need workers to work it, 24/7 -- with extra extra pay for night shifts and Sundays. But IG Metall also covers the engineering side and with that IT workers, plenty of white-collar jobs included it's a really big tent.

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Makes sense, thanks for the info

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yes but people who aren't Christians don't count. Duh.

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