Industry: 40 percent more salary than average - these are the privileges of the automotive industry
A heated dispute over pay and working hours is brewing in the automotive industry. The Handelsblatt describes advantageous collective and company agreements.
In the automotive industry, there is a fierce battle over the retention of employees' entitlements. According to information from the Handelsblatt, automobile companies are pushing for the removal of special payments in the wage negotiations with the metal and electrical industries in the autumn. They may also increase working hours, the management of Mercedes-Benz wrote in July.
Earlier, the chairman of the supervisory board, Martin Brudermüller, had called for a return to the 40-hour week in the Handelsblatt. Volkswagen and BMW also plan cuts. The workers' representatives have already announced resistance. "Attacks on employees' wages and working hours are smokescreens masking their own failure in future products," Nadine Boguslawski, the IG Metall tariff spokesperson, told the Handelsblatt.
Workers demand investment in future-oriented products and secure locations instead of pure cost cuts. According to Handelsblatt research, the automotive industry has a variety of perks compared to other industries.
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