Status: 01/26/2023 5:15 p.m Germany's largest individual trade union, IG Metall, once again gained new members in the collective bargaining war last year. Now she has to reorganize her leadership. After the Metall 2022 industrial union negotiated a two-year collective agreement for the metal and electrical industry, this year it will deal intensively with internal issues. This became clear at the annual press conference of the trade union leaders in Frankfurt am Main. Personnel are to be transferred from the...
from Alexander Hageluken and Benedikt PetersIt's a memory that haunts the whole organization to this day. 20 years ago, IG Metall had two promising candidates for the top post - like today. At that time, a power struggle broke out that paralyzed the union with its 2.2 million members for months. That shouldn't happen this time. And indeed, a dual leadership is emerging. But how this is supposed to work and whether it will turn out completely differently, according to...
from Alexander Hageluken and Benedikt PetersIt's a memory that haunts the whole organization to this day. 20 years ago, IG Metall had two promising candidates for the top post - like today. At that time, a power struggle broke out that paralyzed the union with its 2.2 million members for months. That shouldn't happen this time. And indeed, a dual leadership is emerging. But how this is supposed to work and whether it will turn out completely differently, according to...
Status: 01/23/2023 2:26 p.m According to the works council, the US carmaker Ford wants to cut jobs at its Cologne location on a large scale. According to the IG Metall union, up to 3,200 workers could be affected. The US carmaker Ford is planning major job cuts in Cologne. If the management enforces its previous plan, up to 3,200 jobs could be lost, said the deputy works council chief of the Ford works, Katharina von Hebe. At the beginning of...
Gigafactory in Gruenheide IG Metall concerned about working conditions at Tesla Employees walk to the Tesla factory in a parking lot early in the morning © Patrick Pleul / DPA In the Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide, there is dissatisfaction among the employees. It's about frequent overtime, a very high workload overall and not enough staff. A job advertisement in an investigative role also causes concern. IG Metall is concerned about working conditions at the German Tesla plant. Employees reported to...
Status: 11/23/2022 4:52 am IG Metall reports a breakthrough in the third round: an agreement was reached in collective bargaining with VW. The 125,000 employees apparently receive 8.5 percent more wages and a one-off payment. According to the IG Metall trade union, it has reached a new in-house wage agreement with Volkswagen. According to the Reuters agency, this provides for income increases in two steps of 8.5 percent and a one-off payment of 3,000 net. The term is therefore two...
Berlin An agreement has been reached in the collective bargaining dispute for the 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry. Wage increases of 5.2 percent by June 2023 and another 3.3 percent from May 2024 over a period of 24 months are planned, as the IG Metall union and the Südwestmetall employers' association announced early Friday morning in Ludwigsburg. In addition, there are tax-free one-off payments totaling 3,000 euros. The result is considered a pilot project, the core...
STORY: One day before the potentially decisive negotiations in the wage dispute in the metal industry, IG Metall mobilized again. In Mannheim, around 3,500 employees in the industry took to the streets to emphasize their demands. IG Metall is demanding eight percent more remuneration with a term of twelve months in order to at least partially compensate for inflation. So far, employers have offered a flat-rate increase of EUR 3,000 net for a period of 30 months. The employers have...
IG Metall wants to intensify the warning strikes in the wage dispute in the metal and electrical industry. Since the employers had not shown any willingness to find a solution in the fourth round of negotiations either, the warning strikes would be ramped up on Monday, the IG Metall district center announced. "There is a week of decisions to be made. Either the association representatives will come to their senses or we will start the 24-hour warning strike," said district...
IG Metall is significantly expanding its warning strikes in Bavaria. According to the union, 12,000 employees in 62 companies took part in warning strikes by the afternoon of Friday. In the evening, 6,000 employees on the late shift at the BMW Dingolfing plant were called on to go on a warning strike. The late shift at Bosch in Bamberg was supposed to start four hours earlier at the weekend. IG Metall district leader Johann Horn said: "From Tuesday a massive...
