The invisible workers caring for the German elderly
Article
2015
11
26-29
domestic worker ; elder care ; low wages ; migrant worker ; older people ; working conditions ; work load ; trade union document
Older people
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"German hospitals, clinics and retirement homes are desperately short of labour. They are therefore recruiting more and more foreign care staff, mainly women, from eastern and southern Europe. With the low wages, employment contracts with exploitative clauses and onerous tasks, Germany is not the Eldorado hoped for."
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