Leipzig (dpa/sn) – According to the IG Metall union, around 1,800 late-shift workers demanded more wages and stopped work at the gates of BMW in Leipzig. “People are waiting for a new offer from employers,” said an IG Metall representative on Monday evening in Leipzig. It is important to the employees that there is not only a one-off payment to compensate for inflation, but also an increase in the salary table. This would then also affect the shift allowances.
Saxony’s metal and electronics industry employs around 180,000 people, according to its umbrella organization Sachsenmetall. A spokesman for Sachsenmetall did not want to comment on the warning strike at BMW on Monday and referred to information from Friday that an agreement on open questions could be reached in an upcoming round of negotiations in Baden-Württemberg this week. Accordingly, the goal is to quickly adopt a possible pilot agreement for the local tariff area.
