INFORMATION 2026 Collective Bargaining Round for the Metal and Electrical Industry

Negotiation Dates:

IG Metall Baden-Württemberg District

Baden-Württemberg Collective Bargaining Area
Date: November 5 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: Ludwigsburg 
Contact: IG Metall Baden-Württemberg

IG Metall Bavaria District

Bavaria Collective Bargaining Area
Date: November 9 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: Munich 
Contact: IG Metall Bavaria

IG Metall Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony District

Berlin-Brandenburg Collective Bargaining Area
Date: November 6 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: Berlin
Contact: IG Metall Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony 

Collective Bargaining Area: Saxony 
Date: November 9 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: Dresden 
Contact: IG Metall Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony

IG Metall Coastal District

Coastal Collective Bargaining Area
Date: November 6 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: Bremen
Contact: IG Metall Coast 

IG Metall Central District

Collective Bargaining Area: Middle Group
Date: November 6 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: Frankfurt am Main
Contact: IG Metall Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Thuringia

Collective Bargaining Area: Thuringia
Date: TBD (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: To be determined
Contact: IG Metall Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Thuringia 

IG Metall District of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

Lower Saxony Collective Bargaining Area
Date: November 6 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: Hanover 
Contact: IG Metall Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

Osnabrück-Emsland-Grafschaft Bentheim Collective Bargaining Area
Date: November 9 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: TBD 
Contact: IG Metall Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

Collective Bargaining Area: Saxony-Anhalt
Date: November 9 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: TBD
Contact: IG Metall Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

IG Metall North Rhine-Westphalia District

North Rhine-Westphalia Collective Bargaining Area
Date: November 9 (3rd round of negotiations)
Location: Düsseldorf 
Contact: IG Metall North Rhine-Westphalia 

Editorial Notes:

Collective bargaining negotiations for the more than 3.7 million employees in the metal and electrical industries are conducted on a decentralized basis by the IG Metall district offices.

The no-strike clause expires on October 31, 2026. For planning warning strikes, please contact the IG Metall district offices.

Contact Information for Public Relations at the District Offices