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Industrial Workers Begin Third Day of Strikes Across Germany
Members of Germany’s powerful IG Metall Union are conducting their third consecutive day of walkouts affecting the country’s carmakers and auto part suppliers.
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Members of Germany’s powerful IG Metall Union are conducting their third consecutive day of walkouts affecting the country’s carmakers and auto part suppliers.
About 80 companies were affected when the strikes began on Wednesday. Reuters says the number is likely to reach 260 employers today. The economic impact has been estimated at €62 million ($76 million) per day.
IG Metall represents some 3.9 million engineering and metalworking workers across the country’s industrial sector. The union is demanding its members receive an 8% pay hike over 27 months and the right to work as few as 28 hours per week as needed if needed to care for children, elderly parents or ill relatives.
A group representing affected employers has offered a 6.8% raise and wants to tie worker rights to shorter hours to employer rights to impose longer hours if needed.
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