Trade unions - First warning strikes after the end of the peace obligation
The first warning strikes took place on Friday after the end of the peace obligation in the wage dispute in the north-west German steel industry. According to IG Metall, 1655 employees from 15 companies took part in actions and warning strikes in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bremen.
In Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, around 400 workers on the night shift took part in a two-hour action from midnight. In Finnentrop (North Rhine-Westphalia), around 40 employees walked off the job at the same time. In Hagen, 60 union members came together on Friday morning. Warning strikes also took place in Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Georgsmarienhütte and Krefeld.
Trade unionists in Duisburg had already heralded the end of the peace obligation on Thursday evening with a torchlight march and a hand bell. According to IG Metall, around 250 people took part. The march ended at a large sculpture on a landfill site.
Among other things, IG Metall is demanding a wage increase of 8.5 percent for employees in the north-west German iron and steel industry over a twelve-month period as well as a 32-hour week with full wage compensation. In the first round, the employers had offered an increase of 3.1 percent for 15 months. They rejected the demand for a reduction in working hours as "neither organizable nor financially viable". The second round also failed to bring about a rapprochement.
A third round is planned for December 11. There are to be further warning strikes until then: IG Metall has announced a warning strike in Duisburg on Monday.
Around 68,000 people are employed in the steel and iron industry in North Rhine-Westphalia, Bremen and Lower Saxony.
IG Metall demands employers' response
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Source: www.stern.de
