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Peo­ple who migrate to Ger­many face various forms of explo­ita­tion and dis­cri­mi­na­tion in the labour mar­ket, espe­ci­ally in the low-wage sec­tor. These can be exa­cer­ba­ted by their resi­dence sta­tus. In the fol­lo­wing audio, Mariam Ema­nuel reports on her expe­ri­en­ces with the prio­rity check or »labor-mar­ket test« (Vor­rang­prü­fung) that applied in her case when she came to Germany:

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The prio­rity check/la­bor-mar­ket test initi­ally links resi­dence sta­tus to a spe­ci­fic employ­ment con­tract. (For more infor­ma­tion, see the sta­tion on the aut­ho­rity for for­eig­ners). In the fol­lo­wing audio Mariam Ema­nuel explains which con­se­quen­ces these regu­la­ti­ons had on her ever­y­day working expe­ri­ence: 

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Stella also had to go through this pro­ce­dure to get a resi­dence per­mit in Ger­many. In the fol­lo­wing video, she talks about her expe­ri­en­ces with the resi­dence regu­la­ti­ons and how they have affec­ted her ever­y­day work: 

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After one year, Stella is allo­wed to change her employer. Howe­ver, she still expe­ri­en­ces explo­ita­tion, dis­cri­mi­na­tion and arbi­trar­i­ness at the hands of their employ­ers. 

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Many peo­ple who have to live and work under such con­di­ti­ons resist them and join forces with other peo­ple. Pro­ject Shel­ter Frank­furt is an initia­tive in which peo­ple orga­nise tog­e­ther against these con­di­ti­ons. For more infor­ma­tion, see the sta­tion on the Para­dies­hof. 

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The com­pul­sion to work pre­ca­riously

Peo­ple who migrate to Ger­many and/or are racia­li­zed ⊕ are often forced to take pre­ca­rious jobs and to demand their labour rights again and again. At the same time, they are under grea­ter pres­sure to con­form to society’s ideal of per­for­mance, as their life in Ger­many is not taken for gran­ted. This mani­fests its­elf, for exam­ple, in the fact that they are repea­tedly pres­su­red to explain and jus­tify their »being here« and their family history at work, at school or in ever­y­day situa­tions. Moreo­ver, resi­dence per­mits are often lin­ked to a spe­ci­fic employ­ment rela­ti­onship and alre­ady exis­ting degrees or know­ledge are not reco­g­nised. Various eco­no­mic, racist and/or sexist struc­tures thus impede indi­vi­dual efforts to build a bet­ter life or make it unat­tainable because access to edu­ca­tion or lan­guage acqui­si­tion is dif­fi­cult. You can find more on this in our sta­tion to the aut­ho­rity for for­eig­ners.

Espe­ci­ally in the low-wage sec­tor in the hotel and cate­ring indus­try or care work, the workload often exceeds phy­si­cal and psy­cho­lo­gi­cal limits. Often, appli­ca­ble labour laws are not respec­ted and the wage is often barely enough to make ends meet. Many peo­ple do not want to work under these con­di­ti­ons — at the same time, many workers are wan­ted in these sec­tors. The labor-mar­ket test is thus a state tool to force peo­ple into these jobs and to limit their room for mano­eu­vre.

Cri­ses and grey areas 

In the wake of cri­ses, such as the glo­bal eco­no­mic cri­sis of 2008 or as a result of the Covid-19 pan­de­mic, it can be obser­ved once again that wage employ­ment rela­ti­onships in the above-men­tio­ned sec­tors are often very pre­ca­rious and peo­ple in these sec­tors often lose their jobs first. Even more pre­ca­rious are those who live and work in ille­ga­li­sed or infor­mal employ­ment due to their legally assi­gned sta­tus. Here, the boun­da­ries bet­ween legal and ille­ga­li­sed ⊕ employ­ment are often blur­red and peo­ple are stuck in grey areas. For exam­ple, some com­pa­nies exploit peo­ple in an undo­cu­men­ted employ­ment rela­ti­onship while the prio­rity check of the employ­ment con­tract by the aut­ho­ri­ties is ongo­ing. This can fur­ther under­mine alre­ady low stan­dards of working con­di­ti­ons or pay.

Actively oppo­sing these con­di­ti­ons 

Many peo­ple do not accept this situa­tion and become active and defend them­sel­ves: they form net­works in which they exch­ange infor­ma­tion about employ­ers, think about stra­te­gies against bad employ­ers and tell each other about new jobs. Pro­ject Shel­ter also offers such a net­work. While the group fights for a self-mana­ged migrant centre (this fight is descri­bed in the sta­tion Para­dies­hof), the acti­vists also empower them­sel­ves in work­shops on union orga­ni­s­ing and labour law, or sup­port each other in (legal) dis­pu­tes with employ­ers and exch­ange infor­ma­tion about them

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Various orga­ni­sa­ti­ons advise migrant workers: More infor­ma­tion and all loca­ti­ons can be found here.

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The Sta­ti­ons

A house for everyone

A free space for everyone

The Klap­per­feld

Depor­ta­tion pri­sons and the resis­tance against them

 

The aut­ho­rity for foreigners

The dif­fi­cult way to both a resi­dence and working permit

 

Working in Frankfurt

The fight for workers’ rights

 

The Main-Rail­way-Sta­tion

Racial Pro­fil­ing as a con­stant threat

 

The Para­dies­hof

The fight for a self­or­ga­nised migrant center

 

The attack in Hanau

Against racist ter­ror and oblivion

 

The Bahn­hofs­vier­tel

Important hub for migrant life

 

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