Tarifkonflikt Metallindustrie: Bezirke der IG Metall wollen ganztägige Warnstreiks
Im Tarifkonflikt der Metall- und Elektroindustrie bereitet die IG Metall ganztägige Warnstreiks vor. Die seltene Eskalationsstufe soll Bewegung in die Verhandlungen bringen – was dafür nötig ist.
In the ongoing tariff conflict within Germany's metal and electrical industries, the IG Metall union has taken the next step toward escalation. On Wednesday, the union's district commissions requested permission to approve day-long warning strikes at individual plants. A decision by the union leadership is scheduled for Thursday and is expected to proceed.
In Baden-Württemberg, IG Metall plans to initiate voting on warning strikes in designated plants as early as Friday. The union asserts that the employers have steered negotiations into a deadlock, having rejected the union's proposals to secure industrial jobs, strengthen sites, and foster the future. IG Metall is demanding a 5% salary increase for its approximately 3.7 million employees, alongside securing jobs and locations.
The employers have offered a one-time payment refund and 1.3% salary increase. The day-long warning strikes, also known as 24-hour warning strikes, are a step between brief warning strikes and indefinite strike action. Introduced by IG Metall in 2017, they have been used only once before, in 2018 during a peak in metal and electrical industry activity.
The union claims that around 250 plants with 500,000 members participated in those strikes, receiving strike pay upon agreement to continue. At the planned plants, voting will begin with a supermajority of 50% support required for a strike. Strike pay is calculated individually based on IG Metall membership duration, gross monthly income, and membership fees, with no taxes or social security deductions applied.
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