Munich (dpa/lby) – Collective bargaining for the 855,000 employees in the Bavarian metal and electrical industry will begin next Thursday in Nuremberg. IG Metall demands eight percent more money for a contract period of twelve months. Her district chief Johann Horn said on Friday: “Most companies can pass on the increased prices, but people cannot.” So the request is reasonable. “In Nuremberg, employees will give employers a first taste of how willing they are to take action,” he announced. The trade union expects thousands of employees from all over Bavaria to attend a rally in front of the Meistersingerhalle.
Bertram Brossardt, Managing Director of the Association of the Bavarian Metal and Electrical Industry, dismissed the demand for 8 percent more wages as excessive: “War, energy and gas crises, supply chain problems, structural change and the corona pandemic have had and still have a devastating impact on the economy economic performance of our companies,” he said in Munich.
The first collective bargaining talks for the metal and electrical industry will start on Monday for the Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt district in Hanover. Almost four million people work in the industry nationwide. The regional wage agreements expire nationwide on September 30th. Warning strikes are possible after October 28. As a rule, a pilot district is agreed in the course of the negotiations, which the other regions then take on to conclude.
