An European-wide agreement has been reached to introduce the minimum salary in all the European Union countries. It’s still a preliminary phase, yet close enough to alarm the Danish trade unions and politicians.
- The EU Employment Commissioner, Nicolas Schmit, has guaranteed that Denmark does not need to introduce the minimum wage as we have a very high rate of participation in the collective agreements.
- The trade unions fear that if the percentage of people that are members of a trade union continues to drop, then the coverage of the collective agreement will also drop, which can lead to the introduction of the minimum wage.
