The trade union IG Metall has launched the first series of warning strikes in Germany's metal and electrical industry. The actions began shortly after midnight, following the expiration of the period during which industrial peace was mandatory. Companies in Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria were affected. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Workers in Andernach in Rhineland-Palatinate and in Munich stopped work at midnight. The companies affected include the Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein plant in Andernach. The union launched the strikes with so-called midnight actions. Die Zeit ↗
The dispute concerns collective agreements for approximately 3.7 million employees in Germany's metal and electrical industry. Employers have offered a wage increase of 1.3 percent. IG Metall considers this offer insufficient, as it is below the inflation rate. ORF ↗
The union stated that the employers' offer has provoked incomprehension and anger. According to the union, the current situation in the sector is also linked to job protection and the preservation of employees' purchasing power. Tagesspiegel ↗
The warning strikes are expected to spread across all of Germany in the coming days. Their further course will depend on the development of collective bargaining negotiations between the union and employers.
IG Metall Launches Warning Strikes in Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate
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Metall- und Elektroindustrie: Warnstreiks der IG Metall sind angelaufen
Spiegel.de
| 08:35 01.11.
Metall- und Elektroindustrie: Warnstreiks der IG Metall kurz nach Mitternacht angelaufen
Tagesspiegel
| 01:47 01.11.
Metaller-Warnstreiks in Deutschland begonnen
ORF
| 14:18 01.11.
Tarifverhandlungen: IG Metall lehnt Angebot ab - Warnstreiks drohen
Tagesschau
| 17:12 27.10.
Tarife - Erste Warnstreiks der IG Metall
Deutschlandfunk
| 10:07 01.11.
Tarife - Erste Warnstreiks der IG Metall
Deutschlandfunk
| 09:45 01.11.
Tarifstreit: Warnstreiks der IG Metall haben begonnen
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| 01:56 01.11.
Tarife - Warnstreiks der IG Metall begonnen
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| 01:31 01.11.
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