Ganz unten im System - taz Talk über Arbeitsmigrant:innen

Reporter Sascha Lübbe writes about the exploitative working conditions of migrants and the system behind them. In the taz Talk he talks to Stefan Körzell and Johannes Specht about his book.

Event information:

In his book "Ganz unten im System", journalist Sascha Lübbe provides insights into the everyday lives of these people. He tells their stories, but also analyzes the system behind their working conditions.

Is our prosperity based on the exploitation of these people? What opportunities for improvement are there and where do they encounter obstacles? And what has become of the promised improvements in the meat industry? Lübbe discusses this with Stefan Körzell and Johannes Specht.

Guests in the talk:

🐾 Sascha Lübbe works as a freelance journalist focusing on migration, integration and social inequality in Berlin, including for the taz newspaper. He is the author of the book "Ganz unten im System", which was published by Hirzel-Verlag in May.

🐾 Stefan Körzell has been a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) since 2014. Last year, he stood up for the striking foreign truck drivers in Gräfenhausen, among others.

Until June 2024, Johannes Specht was head of the collective bargaining department of the Food, Beverages and Catering Union (NGG), where he coordinated the union's work in the meat industry, among other things. Since July, he has been a Fellow at the Hans Böckler Foundation's Institute of Economic and Social Sciences.

🐾 Malene Gürgen will moderate the talk. She is an editor at taz in the Reportage & Research department.

Questions from the audience are welcome before and during the talk.

This event is being held in friendly cooperation with S.Hirzel Verlag.