Frankfurt am Main – In the collective bargaining dispute in the metal and electrical industries, IG Metall expanded its warning strikes on Friday. By noon (2:00 p.m.), approximately 55,000 workers from 350 companies had demonstrated through work stoppages and rallies to demand a 5.5 percent pay increase as well as provisions for part-time work related to retirement and education. Further warning strikes and early-closing actions are planned for this afternoon and evening. Since the end of the peace obligation, approximately 125,000 workers from 650 companies nationwide have participated in the warning strikes, IG Metall announced on Friday in Frankfurt.
In Baden-Württemberg, around 25,000 employees from 175 companies had participated in warning strike actions by noon. At Liebherr in Ehingen, 1,500 employees left work early. At Bosch in Reutlingen, 1,000 employees also went home early. In Wutöschingen (Waldshut district), according to IG Metall, about 200 employees of Aluminium Werke (AWW) left their workplaces for one and a half hours. At Bizerba in Meßkirch (Sigmaringen district), more than 110 employees took part in a full-day warning strike. Additional warning strikes took place in Albstadt, Esslingen, Tübingen, Waiblingen, and Radolfzell, among other locations.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, approximately 16,000 workers from 114 companies walked off the job. In Siegen, 5,000 workers from 43 companies gathered for a rally. In Gütersloh, 1,500 employees from eight companies took part in a rally in front of the Miele headquarters. Additional warning strikes took place in Arnsberg, Stadtlohn, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hagen, and Lüdenscheid, among other locations.
In Bavaria, nearly 3,500 workers from five companies took part in warning strikes. In Regensburg, around 2,400 employees of Webasto and the automaker BMW gathered for a rally. In Aschaffenburg, 550 workers at Wika walked off the job on short notice, and in Pfronten, 250 employees of Deckel Maho GmbH ended their shift early.
In the IG Metall Central District, around 2,000 workers from 15 plants heeded IG Metall’s call. By noon, warning strike actions had taken place in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Herborn, Kassel, Betzdorf, Bad Kreuznach, Koblenz, Neustadt, and Ludwigshafen-Frankenthal. In Thuringia, 80 workers at Terex in Luisenthal ended their shifts early.
In Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, approximately 5,200 employees from 31 companies heeded IG Metall’s call. In Halle, around 180 metalworkers at pump manufacturer KSB participated in the warning strike. In Osnabrück, 1,700 employees at Volkswagen and Valmet Automotive temporarily walked off the job. Additional warning strikes took place in Salzgitter at Bosch, MAN, Voith, and LHB Alstom, and in Lüchow at SKF.
In the IG Metall Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony district, around 1,600 metalworkers from five companies took part in warning strikes. In Berlin, 250 employees of Bosch Sicherheitssysteme walked off the job early in the morning and drove in a motorcade to the rally site. In Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, 100 employees at Schaeffler Technologies took part in brief work stoppages. In Saxony, 1,000 employees walked off the job at Bombardier in Görlitz and Bautzen, among other locations.
In the IG Metall “Küste” district, 650 employees at PremiumAerotec in Varel, Lower Saxony, walked off the job for several hours.
