Press Release No. 10/2018 Over 30,000 metalworkers continue warning strikes

Frankfurt am Main – IG Metall has continued its warning strikes in the metal and electrical industries: By Wednesday afternoon (2 p.m.), approximately 30,400 workers from nearly 140 companies had participated in brief work stoppages and rallies. Since the end of the peace obligation, 468,000 workers nationwide have already participated in IG Metall’s actions to give greater weight to the demand for a pay raise and a temporary reduction in working hours. Further actions are planned for the afternoon and evening, IG Metall announced in Frankfurt.

The warning strikes were concentrated in the IG Metall Mitte district ( Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, and Thuringia). There, more than 12,700 workers from 21 companies went on a brief walkout. The district’s largest rally took place at Opel’s main plant in Rüsselsheim, where Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall, addressed more than 6,600 workers. Nearly 4,000 warning strikers from 13 companies participated in another rally outside the Ford plant gate in Saarlouis.

In Bavaria , more than 8,500 warning strikers from 21 plants briefly walked off the job. At MAN Truck & Bus in Munich, 3,000 warning strikers went on strike.

In Lower Saxony , nearly 3,700 workers from 46 plants took part in warning strike actions. In the South Lower Saxony/Harz region, nearly 1,200 warning strikers from 17 plants heeded IG Metall’s call. In Braunschweig and the surrounding area, around 1,000 workers from 12 plants briefly walked off the job.

In the IG Metall Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony district, nearly 2,400 metalworkers from 21 companies heeded IG Metall’s call.

In Baden-Württemberg , around 2,000 workers from 21 companies participated in brief walkouts, rallies, and early-closing actions. In Bad Schussenried, 350 metalworkers at Liebherr-Mischtechnik went on a brief walkout.

In North Rhine-Westphalia , over 1,100 workers from eight plants took part in warning strikes. At Miele in Oelde, 300 metalworkers gathered for a rally.