Press Release No. 43/2010 IG Metall Leader: Skills Play a Key Role in Electric Mobility

Frankfurt am Main – IG Metall President Berthold Huber has identified skills as playing a key role in the transition to electric mobility. “Companies and policymakers must invest early on in new skills for employees in order to remain competitive internationally during the transition in propulsion technology,” Huber said Tuesday in Frankfurt during the presentation of the interim report by the National Platform for Electric Mobility. This applies to both academic education and skilled workers.

Unions play an important role as a link between workers, companies, and government policy. “Unions help ensure that the transition in propulsion technology associated with electric mobility is perceived not as a threat to existing jobs, but as an opportunity for innovation and growth,” Huber said.