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PRESS STATEMENT Regarding Audi CEO Döllner’s appearance in the U.S.

+++ Statement by Christiane Benner, President of IG Metall +++

PRESS STATEMENT IG Metall on the German-French compromise regarding the EU auto package

Direction has been set +++ Now it’s important to make quick, final decisions +++

Press Release More Pay and a Secure Future in the Metal and Electrical Industry: IG Metall Calls on Employers to Take Action

Collective bargaining negotiations for the metal and electrical industries begin on Wednesday +++ Benner: “We expect a commitment to the location and the employees” +++ Boguslawski: “Our collective bargaining package is tailored to every situation companies may face”

PRESS STATEMENT Long-Term Care: Genuine Structural Reform Instead of Piecemeal Measures!

IG Metall Social Affairs Director Ralf Reinstädtler comments on today’s cabinet decision regarding a “Long-Term Care Reform Act”:

PRESS RELEASE About 175,000 workers are demonstrating for a future instead of drastic cuts in the auto industry

Nationwide protests against job cuts and plant closures +++ Workers are calling for investments in the future to overcome the crisis +++ Christiane Benner: “Workers are no longer willing to pay for a crisis that isn’t their fault.”

PRESS RELEASE Collective bargaining in the metal and electrical industries: Employees expect pay raises and job security

Survey of 267,000 workers +++ Benner: “We need good real wages, sustainable jobs, and social security” +++ Boguslawski: “We’re heading into the collective bargaining round with confidence”

JOINT STATEMENT VW Supervisory Board Meeting: Escalation Averted—Executive Board Must Now Do Its Part

Joint Statement on the Occasion of Today’s VW Supervisory Board Meeting by Christiane Benner, First Chair of IG Metall, and Daniela Cavallo, Chair of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG:

PRESS STATEMENT No attack on works councils and their rights

André Arenz, IG Metall’s Executive Board Member for Co-determination, comments on the debate surrounding the remarks made by Rainer Dulger, President of the German Employers’ Association (BDA), and the BDA paper proposing a reform of works council participation:

PRESS STATEMENT Bleeding the auto industry dry is a fatal mistake

According to the latest data from the Federal Statistical Office, the number of employees in the German automotive industry has reached a new low. IG Metall comments on the massive job cuts:

PRESS RELEASE IG Metall’s Nationwide Automotive Day of Action

September 21, 2026 +++ Nationwide actions and protests at automotive sites +++ Tens of thousands of workers expected +++ “A Future Instead of Mass Layoffs—Solidarity Is Our Strongest Brand”

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