PRESS RELEASE No. 17/2019 Daniel Friedrich to Become New District Director of IG Metall Küste

Frankfurt am Main – On Monday in Frankfurt, the IG Metall Executive Board appointed Daniel Friedrich (43) as head of the Coastal District. He will succeed Meinhard Geiken (62) effective December 1, 2019. “Meinhard Geiken has successfully led the Coastal District for over eight years. His full-time and volunteer work spanning nearly five decades, his level-headed manner, his consistently principled stance, and his tireless commitment to the cause of workers in the north have shaped IG Metall as a whole. We are very grateful to Meinhard for this,” said Jörg Hofmann, First Chairman of IG Metall, on Monday in Frankfurt.

“In Daniel Friedrich, we have gained an experienced union organizer and collective bargaining expert to lead the Coastal District. At the same time, with him, a new generation is taking on responsibility for the future of metalworkers in our northernmost district. I am confident that Daniel Friedrich is well-equipped to master the major challenges that structural change is now posing in workplaces across the north,” said Hofmann.

Friedrich has been managing director of IG Metall Lübeck-Wismar since October 2015. After completing his apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic and subsequently working at Linde AG in Cologne, he began his career at IG Metall in Hamburg-Bergedorf as a union secretary in 1998. In 2002, he moved to the Küste district leadership, where he was initially responsible for press and youth affairs; later, he headed the district’s collective bargaining policy. Daniel Friedrich is married and has one daughter.

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Further information, as well as his resume and photos, can be found on the IG Metall Küste website at https://www.igmetall-kueste.de/ueber-uns/