In the collective bargaining round for employees in the German metal and electrical industry, IG Metall wants to demand 7 to 8 percent more money. The union board decided on a corresponding recommendation, as the first chairman Jörg Hofmann said on Monday in Frankfurt.
IG Metall is entering the forthcoming collective bargaining negotiations in the metal and electrical industry with a clear wage demand: the board of directors recommends that the regional wage commissions demand “between seven and eight percent” more money, the union announced on Monday. “The companies are doing well,” union boss Jörg Hofmann justified the demand. “But the employees are not doing well when they look at supermarket and energy bills.”
A “proper increase” is also required in view of the good order and earnings situation in the industry, Hofmann continued. Around 3.8 million people work in the German metal and electrical industry. Collective bargaining for the industry begins in mid-September.
The IG Metall head of the Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt district, Thorsten Gröger, explained that in view of the “prosperity-eating inflation, such a framework of demands fits in with the times”. The situation in the industry is diverse and “in many cases very positive”. The board’s recommendation will now be discussed “carefully”.
The district manager of the Bavarian wage commission, Johann Horn, also expressed himself positively in the “Augsburger Allgemeine”. After two Corona degrees without wage increases and only with one-off payments, people now need more money in their pockets. “Employees are groaning under the high inflation.” At the same time, the companies were making profits and could at least partially pass on the increased prices – unlike the employees.
