“The steel industry is the basis for a strong industry and a resilient, independent Europe. Nevertheless, the industry has been under massive pressure for years. Both recognize the EU Commission with the steel action plan and shows ways out of the crisis. However, the plan remains vague. The action plan now needs a quick concretization… Continue reading EU action plan steel: quick concretization necessary
Author: IG_Metall Official_News
81,000 send wake -up call for safe work: employers have to stop dismantling the industry
Note: The number of participants was corrected accordingly from 77,000 to 81,000. Frankfurt am Main – The location of the industry in Germany is heading up, the concern for the workplace in the workforce grows. Against this background, industrial workers today asked politics to act and the employers to rethink in five cities. In total,… Continue reading 81,000 send wake -up call for safe work: employers have to stop dismantling the industry
Tariff dispute in textile and clothing industry
Frankfurt am Main/Ostbevern- tariff dispute in the West German textile and clothing industry: After a third-unsuccessful collective bargaining, IG Metall is expanding the warning strikes in the industry with around 100,000 employees. IG Metall broke off the third trial in Ostbevern (NRW) on Thursday night without results. IG Metall negotiator Miriam Bürger: “Instead of responding… Continue reading Tariff dispute in textile and clothing industry
Employees need reliable perspectives according to automotive spin-off
The Supervisory Board of Continental AG has cleared the way for the division of the group. The representatives of the employees also approved the spin-off of the automotive sector. Now the Continental shareholders have to agree at the general meeting on April 25, 2025. “For us as an employee bank on the supervisory board of… Continue reading Employees need reliable perspectives according to automotive spin-off
Targeted billions of investments for infrastructure and craft
Nadine Boguslawski, the IG Metall tariff and handicraft officer: “Even a sustainable craft needs the special fund agreed by the future federal government. It is important that the 500 billion euros not only realized, but above all invested precisely: the country needs a basic renovation and a precise path into modern, affordable and ecological energies,… Continue reading Targeted billions of investments for infrastructure and craft
Action day: IG Metall demands modern industrial country, strong welfare state and safe jobs
Frankfurt am Main – After completing the explorations between the Union and the SPD, IG Metall wants to increase the pressure on the current coalition negotiations. Under the motto “My workplace. Our industrial country. Our future! ” will take several ten thousand employees nationwide next Saturday, March 15th. You are calling for a government program… Continue reading Action day: IG Metall demands modern industrial country, strong welfare state and safe jobs
Women with a collective agreement earn almost 11 euros more per hour-IG Metall numbers for the Equal Pay Day
Frankfurt am Main- Frankfurt am Main- A special evaluation of the Federal Statistical Office for the IG Metall to the metal and electrical industry to the Equal Pay Day on March 7th shows: In tariff-bound companies in the metal and electrical industry (M+E), the wage gap between women and men is significantly smaller. There it… Continue reading Women with a collective agreement earn almost 11 euros more per hour-IG Metall numbers for the Equal Pay Day
“Tempo and determination are a good signal”
“The announced special fund that shows the announced measures: Politics understood that now has to be traded quickly and courageously. The pace and determination of the exploratory parties are a good signal for the next time. IG Metall has put the need for high investments in infrastructure, the energy transition, industry, bridges, rails, roads… Continue reading “Tempo and determination are a good signal”
Machine and plant engineering: Competitiveness is under pressure, investments urgently demanded
Frankfurt am Main- Chronic investment restraint in mechanical and plant engineering is increasingly putting the competitiveness of Germany’s strongest industrial industry under pressure. This is shown by the “Trendmerner 2025″, a current industry -wide operating council survey by IG Metall. “With their investment brake, the executive floors are jeopardizing the future viability of one of… Continue reading Machine and plant engineering: Competitiveness is under pressure, investments urgently demanded
Employees of the textile and clothing industry move into warning strikes
Ingolstadt/Frankfurt am Main- After an employer offer well below the inflation rate, IG Metall warning strikes announced in the West German textile and clothing industry. From March 1st, it wants to call up employees at textile automotive suppliers, traditional textile manufacturers, hygiene and medical producers as well as technical textile manufacturers for actions. A total… Continue reading Employees of the textile and clothing industry move into warning strikes