Arbeitsmarkt: „Keine Grundlage für ernsthaften Kompromiss“: Metalltarifrunde steht vor weiterer Eskalationsstufe
Am Donnerstag will der IG-Metall-Vorstand über ganztägige Warnstreiks entscheiden. Die Arbeitgeber haben keinen Zweifel, dass es so kommt – und protestieren schon vorab lautstark.
The stalled collective bargaining agreement for the approximately 3.7 million employees in the metal and electrical industries threatens to escalate further. Regional tariff commissions of IG Metall submitted a request for so-called 24-hour warning strikes to the federation's board on Wednesday. The central office in Frankfurt will decide on Thursday.
Employers demanded concessions from employees without giving them even a minimal guarantee for their future, criticized IG Metall district leader Thorsten Gröger. "This is no basis for a serious compromise." Employers are certain that workers will trigger the next escalation and are harshly criticizing. "That IG Metall is preparing labor action measures, among the most severe in the last two decades, in the most severe post-war economic crisis is incomprehensible," said Johannes Pöttering, CEO of the Metall NRW association.
IG Metall has approached the demand for a five percent increase in wages for a 12-month tariff contract. In addition to a "fair wage increase," the union is demanding employment security and binding prospects for the future of the industry's locations. The automotive industry, as well as parts of machine building, is in a severe crisis.
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