This means that collective bargaining policy is at the same time policy on the distribution of wealth. Our aim is to achieve greater justice on this question with the aid of fiscal and collective bargaining measures, and wealth and social policies. The unjust distribution of income is exacerbated by tax policy. An increasing proportion of fiscal revenue is derived from the incomes of working people. Moreover, the tax system favours an obsolete model based on the family breadwinner.
Trade unions are committed to the individual taxation of income.
The tax advantages which are gained from splitting marital income must be contained and gradually eliminated, giving way to compensation for the burdens of a family. If social, ecological reforms are to be implemented, everyone must contribute as they are able. For this reason the trade unions demand an appropriate contribution from people with big incomes and owners of great wealth. Only if this is achieved, and if a higher quality of life and social services gradually replace individual expenditure, do we find it acceptable that average wage earners should also pay a financial contribution towards social, ecological reforms. We urge emphatically that broad action be taken at last to combat widespread tax evasion.