Tag: Metal and electrical industry
Inflation: Employees face real wage losses in 2024
Warning strikes at the post office in February 2023 Although Post employees are benefiting from a strong collective bargaining agreement, they will probably have to accept a drop in real…
Shortage of skilled workers almost back to pre-crisis level
Berlin The metal and electrical industry produces more than half of the exports, so it is central to Germany’s international competitiveness. Its around four million employees make a significant contribution…
The golden bridge of politics prevents wage-price spiral – for now
Striking tariff demand IG Metall was not able to push through its demand for eight percent more money for twelve months, and yet there is a strong increase in wages.…
Are far away from the wage-price spiral
Berlin According to economists, the social partners have shown a sense of proportion with the wage agreements in the metal and chemical industries. At the moment there is no risk…
IG Metall collective bargaining agreement: one-off payments and wage increases
Berlin An agreement has been reached in the collective bargaining dispute for the 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry. Wage increases of 5.2 percent by June 2023…
Collective bargaining agreement in the metal and electrical industry
Berlin An agreement has been reached in the collective bargaining dispute for the 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry. Wage increases of 5.2 percent by June 2023…
Collective bargaining agreement in the metal and electrical industry
Berlin An agreement has been reached in the collective bargaining dispute for the 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry. Wage increases of 5.2 percent by June 2023…
Collective bargaining agreement in the metal and electrical industry
Berlin In the collective bargaining for the approximately 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry, a pilot agreement was reached in Baden-Württemberg. There is an agreement on wage…
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann announces strikes
Berlin In the metal and electrical industry there will be the first warning strikes from Saturday. The offer, which the employers presented on Thursday in the collective bargaining round for…
Metal collective bargaining round: Employers’ proposal – 3000 euros special payment
All Metal President Stefan Wolf “In 2023 there will be no growth that can be distributed.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the third round of negotiations for the approximately 3.9 million…
Every sixth company in existence threatened
Welding work in a metal workshop A gas shortage could lead to a production standstill in 18 percent of companies in the metal and electrical industry. (Photo: dpa) Berlin About…
Partly double-digit collective bargaining demands – is there a threat of a wage-price spiral?
Berlin IG Metall is demanding eight percent more money in the metal and electrical industry, 10.5 percent are demanded by Verdi and the civil service association for the public sector.…
In the event of a gas emergency, also think about zero laps
Production of ship propellers in a foundry in Mecklenburg The metal and electrical industry is suffering from the sharp rise in energy and material costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the…
In the event of a gas emergency, also think about zero laps
Production of ship propellers in a foundry in Mecklenburg The metal and electrical industry is suffering from the sharp rise in energy and material costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the…
Union reaffirms demand for increased purchasing power
IG-BCE negotiator Ralf Sikorski “Money is slipping through the fingers of employees more quickly every day.” (Photo: imago images/Future Image) The collective bargaining round for around 580,000 employees in the…
Metal wage round: Südwestmetall boss warns of relocation
Berlin The chairman of the employers’ association Südwestmetall, Joachim Schulz, sees only limited scope for financial distribution in the forthcoming collective bargaining round for the approximately 3.9 million employees in…
IG Metall demands eight percent more money
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann The unions have to ensure that the workers don’t get under the wheels in the face of inflation. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The IG Metall goes…
IG Metall wants to demand seven to eight percent higher wages
Berlin The IG Metall is expected to with the demand for seven to eight percent more money will go into the forthcoming collective bargaining round for the almost 3.9 million…
IG Metall wants to demand between seven and eight percent higher wages
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann The trade unionist is demanding a new relief package from politicians to compensate for the high inflation rates. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The IG Metall is…
Expert opinion warns of strict supply chain law
Copper mine in Botswana The EU wants to ensure that companies only work with suppliers of raw materials and other suppliers who respect human rights. (Photo: imago/Aurora Photos) Berlin The…