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Press Release No. 15/2016 IG Metall Steps Up Pressure on Employers with Warning Strikes

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28 April 2016 28 April 2016

Frankfurt am Main – In the collective bargaining dispute in the metal and electrical industries, IG Metall is stepping up pressure on employers with warning strikes. “The alternative offer presented today continues to prioritize profits over workers’ wages. It’s clear that employers are looking for a fight in these collective bargaining negotiations. We will respond to this refusal to engage in constructive negotiations with massive warning strikes beginning tonight at midnight,” said Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall, on Thursday in Frankfurt.

With the expiration of the peace obligation at midnight on Friday (April 29, 2016), IG Metall is calling on workers in the industry nationwide to participate in warning strikes to give greater weight to their demand for a 5 percent wage increase.

Warning strike actions are planned at various locations during the night and early morning, with the following members of IG Metall’s Executive Board in attendance:

Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall, will address the warning strikers from various plants in front of the Ford plant in Saarlouis at midnight.
Address: Ford Werke, Henry-Ford-Straße, Saarlouis.
Contact: Ingrid Gier, Press Spokesperson (0170 3333714).

Jürgen Kerner, Chief Treasurer of IG Metall, will also speak at midnight (0:00 a.m.) at Airbus Helicopters in Donauwörth as part of a warning strike action.
Address: Airbus Helicopters, Main Gate 1, Industriestraße 4, Donauwörth.
Contacts: 1st Union Representative Michael Leppek (0160 5330212) and 2nd Union Representative Roberto Armellini (0170 3333447).

Christiane Benner, Second Chair of IG Metall, will speak on Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the rally at Ford in Cologne at the roundabout on Henry-Ford-Straße, Gate 3, and at 11:00 a.m. at the Ford Parts Center in Merkenich on Spessartstraße, near Gate 54.
Contact: First Representative Witich Rossman (0170 3333225).

Wolfgang Lemb, Executive Board Member of IG Metall, will speak on Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the rally at Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH, Zwickkau Vehicle Plant, Glauchauer Straße 40, 08058 Zwickau, West Gate on the factory grounds.
Contacts: 1st Authorized Representative Stefan Kademann (0170 3333675) and 2nd Authorized Representative Thomas Knabel (0170 3333717).


For more information about the warning strikes, please contact the respective IG Metall district offices or visit: http://www.igmetall.de/presse


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