New round of collective bargaining: The IG Metall calls for as little as since 2006 no longer – Tagesspiegel

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The labor market is strong – the IG Metall is still modest in the next round of wage negotiations: 4.5 to five percent want union boss Jörg Hofmann rausholen, the lowest demand since 2006. For more establishments should come back to the bargaining coverage.

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The IG Metall is located in the upcoming round of collective bargaining for the approximately 3.8 million workers in the metal and electrical industry a little more modest than last year. The Executive Board approved a recommendation requirement from 4.5 to 5.0 percent with a maturity of twelve months on Tuesday. 2015 had demanded still 5.5 percent more money and additional reductions in working hours, the union. IG Metall leader Jörg Hofmann founded the somewhat low demand – the lowest since 2006 – in Frankfurt on Tuesday so that it is not in all businesses and regions economically as well run as 2015. In addition, the IG Metall wants to use the collective bargaining round to get back more retrieve holdings in collective bargaining coverage. There will be discussions with the workforce, also includes strikes Hofmann not. Finally, non-tariff-bound establishments also applies no peace obligation

strikes are possible from April

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Hofmann founded the recommendation 4.5 to 5 percent by 2016 and stable economic environment, the growth forecasts of 1.8 percent for the euro space of just under two percent in Germany. In the USA it go further upwards. And even in China’s growth, despite the slowdown with the predicted ahead 6.3 percent is still high. Although the inflation rate is expected to be only 0.9 percent and 1.2 percent in between this year, the IG Metall for its demand-oriented at the target of the European Central Bank (ECB) of two percent. Hofmann also expects a further increase in productivity and talks with a view to 2015 from an earnings situation of the company to “above average high level.” The net return on sales came in at 3.6 percent. In order for the industry

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In the Last week, the large tariff districts IG Metall had demanded in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg five percent smaller in the Mitte district and in Berlin-Brandenburg had called up to five percent, North Rhine-Westphalia 4.5 to 5 percent. In the next few weeks will be discussed in the regional tariff commissions further before they take concrete decisions on 23 February. The Executive Board of IG Metall will then decide the final call on 29 February. The collective agreement will expire on March 31, two weeks before the first find collective bargaining. Strikes are possible from 29 April. Last year, IG Metall and employers had agreed after several strikes to a degree of 3.4 percent.

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important concern in the round of collective bargaining is also the extension of collective bargaining coverage for Hofmann. Currently capture the collective agreements According to him, only about 55 percent of employees in the metal and electrical industry. “In the 1990s there were still 70 per cent”. This involves, according to the IG Metall boss also to wage justice. “The colleague in an operation without collective bargaining coverage, which performs the same job as his colleague in operation with collective bargaining coverage receives an average 24.6 per cent less pay ‘. Thus, the IG Metall would not resign. Therefore, not only protest but also strikes were also at non-tariff bound plants in the next few weeks possible

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