Compulsory collective bargaining instead of collective bargaining partnership – the Compulsory Collective Bargaining Act should not be passed.

BDA CEO Steffen Kampeter explains at the hearing on the Collective Bargaining Compliance Act:

Compulsory collective bargaining instead of collective bargaining partnership – the Compulsory Collective Bargaining Act should not be passed

Berlin, November 3, 2025. "The so-called Collective Bargaining Compliance Act is in reality a compulsory collective bargaining act – and coercion has never been a good guide to freedom and progress.

Politicians are trying to enforce collective bargaining agreements where trust and partnership are needed. Forcing companies into collective bargaining agreements through state pressure destroys the basis of genuine social partnership. Collective bargaining autonomy thrives on voluntary agreement, not state paternalism. Politicians should never pass this law on compulsory collective bargaining.

It shackles companies instead of giving them the freedom to act fairly and flexibly. It hits small and medium-sized enterprises particularly hard, which take responsibility, pay good wages, and want to remain independent. Freedom, not coercion, is the source of innovation, employment, and prosperity."