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German Union Rejects Employers’ Wage Offer
The IG Metall metalworkers union has turned down an offer of a 3% pay hike over 14 months from Germany's industrial employers.
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The IG Metall metalworkers union has turned down an offer of a 3% pay hike over 14 months from Germany's industrial employers. The union, which in the past nearly always rejected management's initial offer, is demanding a 6.5% wage increase.
IG Metall has 3.6 million members, including many auto workers. A senior union negotiator says employees may hold token mini-strikes. Negotiations are scheduled to resume on May 11.
The union notes that German industry has fared better than counterparts elsewhere in Europe in the past two years downturn. That is especially true for the country's automakers, especially makers of luxury vehicles, Last month the country's public-sector workers won a 6.3% wage hike over two years.
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