Luc Frieden, Nora Back, and Patrick Dury, The Energy Tripartite Charade – Grandstanding, Evasion, and a Healthcare Time Bomb

May 6 marks the start of the consultation process leading up to the tripartite energy meeting scheduled for early June. Prime Minister Luc Frieden will meet with the OGBL-LCGB trade union federation, employers’ organisations, and the General Confederation of the Civil Service. Luc Frieden even invited the media to follow these meetings from a distance – as if to prove he’s actually listening. But listening to what? The energy crisis. Strictly the energy crisis. No controversial social issues allowed. Luc Frieden, are you afraid of real dialogue? Nora Back and Patrick Dury, 125,000 Members, a Shopping List of Demands, and Zero Talk About Energy For OGBL president Nora Back and LCGB president Patrick Dury, there is an energy crisis, but above all a social crisis. Their May Day demands were a laundry list: a €300 increase in the minimum wage, a reduction in working hours, a sixth week of paid holiday, co-determination in the workplace, and a cap on rents. Nora Back and Patrick Dury set the bar very high. But curiously, they sidestepped the central issue of the upcoming energy meetings. Silence. Convenient silence. Luc Frieden Plays Divide and Conquer Luc Frieden has carefully avoided the soundbites that got [...]

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