07.01.2019 Ι Alexander Liebler has been Germany’s youngest works council chairman for five weeks, at the age of 23. At the vacuum pump manufacturer Vacuubrand in Wertheim, a family business without a tariff, he wants to take care of the employees’ wishes. We wanted to know about Alexander: why are you doing this? And how… Continue reading Germany’s youngest works council chairman in an interview
Author: IG_Metall Official_News
transformation
01.11.2018 Ι Society and the economy are facing profound changes. At the Transformation Congress in Bonn, more than 600 metallurgists discussed how change can be shaped in the interests of the employees. In an interview, Jörg Hofmann, First Chairman of IG Metall, talks about the design possibilities of the union. A good 600 metalworkers discussed… Continue reading transformation
SO IT IS RIGHT!
26.10.2018 Ι When do I have to apply for my vacation? Can my employer refuse it? Trade Union Lawyer Till Bender answers the most important questions about holidays – and explains what workers need to consider. How much holiday is mine? That depends, says the lawyer. By law, the employee in Germany receives a paid… Continue reading SO IT IS RIGHT!
New works council at A-Kaiser agreed to reduce temporary work
24.10.2018 Ι Every year, five percent less temporary workers. This has been enforced by the works council at the automotive supplier A-Kaiser in Lower Bavaria Aicha by company agreement. Eleven temporary workers have just been taken over. Eleven temporary workers have just been taken over by the automotive supplier A-Kaiser in the Lower Bavarian town… Continue reading New works council at A-Kaiser agreed to reduce temporary work
Collective agreement textile services
19.10.2018 Ι Starting in February, collective wages and salaries in Textile Services will increase by 3 percent. In addition, partial retirement is extended and improved. Employees in the East and apprentices benefit particularly. IG Metall and employers have agreed on that. The roughly 14,000 employees in the textile-related companies involved in textiles services, such as… Continue reading Collective agreement textile services
Hanging over at Thyssen-Krupp
01.10.2018 Ι The reorganization at Thyssen-Krupp offers future prospects to the nearly 70,000 employees in Germany. IG Metall agreed to divide the group after the Supervisory Board guaranteed safe work. The employees of Thyssen-Krupp have been through a lot in recent years. Only the long conflict over the separation of the steel division. Then the… Continue reading Hanging over at Thyssen-Krupp
Mechanical and plant engineering
27.09.2018 Ι Advancing digitization will greatly change the German mechanical and plant engineering industry – both as a user and as a provider of digital products. “In order to retain its strong role in innovation and customer access, mechanical engineering must position itself strategically in platform economics and cooperate more closely,” emphasized Wolfgang Lemb, Executive… Continue reading Mechanical and plant engineering
Diesel affair burdened car dealers
19.06.2018 Ι The diesel affair hits workers in car dealerships and car repair shops twice as hard. They sell fewer cars and diesel car owners like to let their frustration on them. Employees in the automotive industry are increasingly suffering from the consequences of the diesel affair. “What is still earned in service, is lost… Continue reading Diesel affair burdened car dealers
Temporary workers exploited
18.06.2018 Ι Who is ill, who flies. Anyone who complains flies. They are cheated out of working hours and holidays. But who asks too often, flies. Among the 1200 temporary workers of the rental company DEKRA in the Mercedes plant Rastatt prevails a climate of fear. IG Metall is now tackling the grievances together with… Continue reading Temporary workers exploited
Social tariff for the Ledvance factory in Augsburg
14.06.2018 Ι The employees of Ledvance (formerly Osram) in Augsburg were unable to prevent the closure of their factory. But they fought high severance pay – much more than Ledvance had last offered to the Labor Court. That was only possible because they were ready to strike for it. Ledvance’s lamp and glass works –… Continue reading Social tariff for the Ledvance factory in Augsburg