A longer strike is averted: employers and trade unions of the metal and electrical industries have settled their dispute. The employees get more money.
the industrial dispute in the metal and electrical industry has been settled. After a marathon session, employers and trade unions have agreed in Nordrhein-Westfalen on a degree. He is considered a pioneer for the entire industry. Around 3.8 million employees of the German metal and electrical industry will now receive more money.
In the fifth round of collective bargaining, employers and IG Metall agreed on a new collective agreement. Details of the agreement would be short at a press conference the negotiators. The agreement would be taken by all tariff districts in Germany, said Gesamtmetall spokesman Daniel Kölle.
Originally, the IG Metall had 5 percent more money required within a one-year term. Employers offered initially for 24 Months rate increases in two stages, which add up to 2.1 percent, giving plus a one-time allowance of 0.3 percent. In addition, employers have proposed special rules for economically weak businesses.
With the agreement now reached an escalation of the labor dispute was averted just before the Whitsun weekend. 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.
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