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Press Release No. 17/2011 IG Metall Reaches Collective Bargaining Agreement for Textile Services

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29 March 2011 29 March 2011

Frankfurt am Main – IG Metall and the Textil Service employers’ association reached a collective bargaining agreement during the third round of negotiations in Friedrichsdorf (Taunus). Wages and salaries will increase by 2.7 percent effective June 1, 2011. A further increase of 2.3 percent is scheduled to take effect on June 1, 2012. “This is a successful agreement. We have achieved our goal of ensuring that employees share appropriately in the economic recovery,” said Helga Schwitzer, executive board member of IG Metall, on Tuesday in Frankfurt.

In addition to the increase in wages and salaries, apprenticeship stipends will also be raised: by 22 euros in the western collective bargaining region and by 25 euros in the eastern collective bargaining region, with a further increase of 20 euros in the western region and 25 euros in the eastern region starting in June 2012. In addition, vacation pay will increase by five percent. IG Metall also secured an increase in the special company bonus for companies in the eastern region.

IG Metall negotiator Hans Wettengl expressed satisfaction with the outcome: “We addressed very complex issues in this round of collective bargaining and were nevertheless able to achieve a good result. Employees in the lower wage groups in particular will benefit from this agreement, as a top-up payment of 450 euros was agreed upon in the partial retirement collective bargaining agreement. This means a top-up of up to 100 percent of the previous full-time net pay.”

The collective bargaining agreement is valid through May 31, 2013.


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