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PRESS RELEASE Strong unions, greater equality, better jobs

Greater collective bargaining coverage means a smaller pay gap +++ Union aims to promote women on works councils, calls for participation in works council elections +++ Benner: “Women work more than men and earn less—something’s not right here!”

Press Statement “Basic Income Support Puts Pressure on Working Conditions”

IG Metall’s Social Affairs Director Hans-Jürgen Urban comments on today’s Bundestag decision on the new “basic income support” program:

PRESS RELEASE IG Metall and BDLI Call for Strategic Renewal of the FCAS Air Combat System

National Day of Action

PRESS STATEMENT IG Metall on the results of the works council elections at Tesla

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

PRESS STATEMENT Industrial Accelerator Act: Good Approaches, but Clear Corrections Needed

Jürgen Kerner, Second Chair of IG Metall, on the Industrial Accelerator Act

PRESS RELEASE Works council elections begin – “Team IG Metall” champions secure and good jobs

Works council elections in Germany from March 1 to May 31 +++ In the IG Metall organizational area, nearly four million employees in approximately 14,000 companies are eligible to vote +++ Benner: “Works council work ensures a good and fair working environment—it must be supported!”

PRESS STATEMENT The Collective Bargaining Compliance Act is not consistent

Christiane Benner, President of IG Metall, on the Federal Collective Bargaining Compliance Act:

PRESS STATEMENT The new Heating Act must safeguard jobs in industry and the skilled trades

IG Metall Comments on the Key Points Paper on the Building Modernization Act

PRESS RELEASE Majority: Companies must ensure local value creation and create jobs in Europe

Another Delay of the EU Industrial Package Puts Jobs at Risk +++ Poll Shows: Even CDU Supporters Back Local Content Requirements, but CDU Minister Is Holding Things Back +++ Jürgen Kerner Calls for a Change of Course: “The Federal Ministry of Economics Must Immediately End Its Blockade in Brussels.”

PRESS RELEASE IG Metall Apprenticeship Report: Industrial employers are sawing off the branch of their own future

Companies Are Once Again Signing 9 Percent Fewer Apprenticeship Contracts +++ Urban: “Further Delay in the Apprenticeship Market Would Be Fatal”

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