Jörg Hofmann, First Chairman of IG Metall: “The further training law that is now planned is an important step for a socio-ecological transformation. Employees are given new perspectives in times of change. As an innovative instrument, the qualification allowance helps to stay in the same company with new activities. Whole parts of the workforce can… Continue reading IG Metall welcomes changes to the further training and skilled worker immigration law
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Collective bargaining agreement reached: temporary employees receive 2300 euros inflation compensation premium
Frankfurt am Main – Collective bargaining agreement achieved for temporary workers: IG Metall and the employers’ associations for temporary work agreed at the last minute on Friday to pay out an inflation compensation premium. Accordingly, temporary employees in the metal and electrical industry receive a total of 2300 euros tax and duty-free. Improvements to the… Continue reading Collective bargaining agreement reached: temporary employees receive 2300 euros inflation compensation premium
Collective bargaining result: More money and justice for employees in textile services
Frankfurt am Main/Leipzig – Employees in collective laundries receive more money. IG Metall agreed on this with the employers in Leipzig on Tuesday after 24 hours of negotiations. This was preceded by the industry’s first warning strikes in over 30 years, in which around 4,000 employees took part. 22,000 people work in the textile services… Continue reading Collective bargaining result: More money and justice for employees in textile services
IG Metall declares failure of the temporary work negotiations for the metal and electrical industry
Frankfurt am Main – After more than half a year of talks and negotiations, the IG Metall board of directors declared the collective bargaining for temporary workers in the metal and electrical industry to have failed. For the 180,000 temporary employees employed in the metal and electrical industry, the trade union is demanding an inflation… Continue reading IG Metall declares failure of the temporary work negotiations for the metal and electrical industry
Future collective agreement for Alstom: Course set for more competitiveness in Germany
Frankfurt am Main – Today, IG Metall, the general works council and Alstom announce that they have signed a future collective agreement that will initially secure jobs and locations in Germany for the next three years. The collective agreement is thus effective; the employer side had already signed it last week. With the targeted productivity… Continue reading Future collective agreement for Alstom: Course set for more competitiveness in Germany
Works councils advocate for an EU directive to protect human and environmental rights
Works councils of IG Metall from over 30 companies with a total of more than three million employees worldwide are publicly campaigning for an EU regulation that effectively protects the rights of employees worldwide, improves their working conditions and strengthens environmental protection. The reason for this is a current EU directive that is intended to… Continue reading Works councils advocate for an EU directive to protect human and environmental rights
Executive Board decides on personnel proposal for the election of a new leadership at the trade union day 2023
Frankfurt am May – The Executive Board of IG Metall has followed the personnel proposal for the future management team of IG Metall submitted by First Chairman Jörg Hofmann. The executive board members – like the entire board – will be re-elected at the IG Metall union conference from October 22 to 26, 2023. The… Continue reading Executive Board decides on personnel proposal for the election of a new leadership at the trade union day 2023
Study: turning point also necessary for regional transformation
Berlin – Top representatives of the “Alliance for the Future of Industry” have called for a turning point in economic development. The study “Transformation Strategies for Particularly Affected Regions” by IW Consult, the University of Kassel and the University of Tübingen was presented at a specialist conference in Berlin on Thursday. The authors come to… Continue reading Study: turning point also necessary for regional transformation
IG Metall welcomes Habeck’s proposal for industrial electricity prices
Jörg Hofmann, First Chairman of IG Metall on the key issues paper for an industrial electricity price presented today by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs: “IG Metall has been putting pressure on competitive industrial electricity prices for a long time, so that the energy-intensive basic industry and the well-paid, collectively agreed jobs that come with… Continue reading IG Metall welcomes Habeck’s proposal for industrial electricity prices
IG Metall: More money and less work in the IT industry with a tariff
Frankfurt am Main – The current pay analysis by IG Metall for the information and communication technology sector shows that working conditions are also positively influenced by collective agreements in these sectors. In 2022, employees across all professions who had a collective agreement would earn almost 15% more wages than in companies without a collective… Continue reading IG Metall: More money and less work in the IT industry with a tariff