Press Release No. 20/2017 IG Metall: Wages under collective bargaining agreements in the metal and electrical industries will increase starting April 1

Frankfurt am Main – Workers in the metal and electrical industries can look forward to higher pay. Starting April 1, the second phase of the collective bargaining agreement will take effect, granting employees and apprentices in the metal and electrical sectors a two percent pay increase. This is provided for in the second phase of the collective bargaining agreement that IG Metall concluded last May. “Once again, metalworkers are benefiting from the collective bargaining agreement concluded last year, which they fought for with an impressive wave of warning strikes,” said Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall, on Friday in Frankfurt.

Back in 2016, based on the current collective bargaining agreement, employees received a one-time payment of 150 euros in June, while apprentices received 65 euros. On July 1, 2016, wages and apprenticeship stipends increased by 2.8 percent. The collective bargaining agreement applies nationwide to a total of 3.8 million employees in the metal and electrical industries and expires on December 31, 2017.

“We are already looking ahead to the 2018 collective bargaining round and discussing possible qualitative demands. The results of the major 2017 IG Metall employee survey will provide important insights in this regard,” said Hofmann.