Frankfurt am Main – IG Metall welcomes the clear vision of the industrial strategy presented by Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck to maintain Germany as a strong industrial location with its unique industrial value creation networks. At the same time, the union is calling for speed in implementation. “Time is running out. What Robert Habeck has recognized as right, he now has to push forward quickly,” demands Jürgen Kerner, Second Chairman of IG Metall. The following applies: only companies that are bound by collective agreements, firmly promise location guarantees and guarantee added value in Germany may receive state funding.
“We expressly agree with Minister Habeck that the industry and its employees as well as their good working conditions make a decisive contribution to the social cohesion of our society and also to its democratic stability,” continued Jürgen Kerner.
IG Metall is critical of the fact that the industrial strategy does not end the disagreement over the bridge electricity price that has been going on for months. Kerner renewed the urgent appeal to the federal government: “We need the bridge electricity price – now!”
Companies and employees are in the midst of the greatest transformation in recent history. To do this, they need the right framework conditions today, here and now.
The development of these framework conditions was neglected by previous federal governments: from the sleepy expansion of renewable energies to the lack of charging stations, from the urgent clearing out of planning and approval law to a future-oriented reform of German and European state aid law to the often dilapidated infrastructure.