Friday, May 13, 2016

Collective bargaining: IG Metall and employers agree – SPIEGEL ONLINE

The parties in the metal and electrical industry have agreed in Nordrhein-Westfalen on a pilot agreement. IG Metall and the employers had agreed in Cologne, a spokesman for the employers’ association total metal said on Friday morning. Details he did not call for the more than 14-hour negotiating marathon. A spokesman for the IG Metall confirmed the agreement.

In order to escalate the labor dispute just before the Whitsun weekend was averted. IG Metall had already announced days ago an expansion of the labor dispute in the coming week, including the new day strike, should there be no approach in the negotiations in Cologne.

How exactly looks the Financial Statements shall be announced at a press conference. The union had demanded five percent more money within a one-year term. Employers had offered 24-month rate increases in two stages, which will add up to 2.1 percent – plus a one-time payment of 0.3 percent

The tariffs for Germany’s main industry with approximately 3.8 million. employees are regularly initially negotiated regionally. During the meeting then a pilot district is emerging, whose completion is finally transferred to the different tariff areas. This time the North Rhine-Westphalia.

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