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 is 10 percent, an improvement by one percentage point compared to the previous year. In non-tariff-bound companies, on the other hand, it is unchanged at 18 percent.
Also at the fee it shows how much women benefit from collective agreements: women with a collective agreement in the M+E industry earn 10.55 euros more than women without a collective agreement per hour. In 2024 it was 9.65 euros.
This shows in a double sense: working collective agreements. Not only for employees who regularly get more money. But especially for women who have such a significantly higher monthly income: in 2024 women in tariff-bound companies received 1,523 euros gross more than in non-tariff-bound companies.
Christiane Benner, first chairwoman of IG Metall: “Women in the metal and electrical industry-bound companies earn a four-digit sum more than in non-tariff-bound companies. This shows: tariff binding works – and sustainable! Because more remuneration also means: less poverty in old age, greater independence for women and higher tax revenue for the common good! “
Christiane Benner sees great action in equality policy for a new federal government: “After we have repeatedly seen blockades in almost all projects for equality in recent years, a new government must act quickly here: The tariff loyalty law must come. Because collective bargaining protects against wage discrimination. The implementation of the wage transparency guideline also pushes. Parents and caring relatives must be relieved of improvements in parental allowance, family start time and a wage replacement benefit in the event of care. We need a massive expansion of childcare and the right to increase working hours. We have one of the highest part -time quotas in Germany in Germany. We cannot be satisfied with that. Especially not if specialists are still urgently sought at the same time. ”
At the company level, IG Metall and works councils act: Systematic review of remuneration structures by the works council, the struggle for tariff binding and the expansion of flexible working time models, which in particular enable parents better.