A number of warning strikes as part of the IG Metall union campaign for a new collective agreement for 75,000 employed in the steel industry in two bargaining regions, North Rhine-Westfalia and Lower Saxony and Bremen, resulted in a bargaining result that has been called satisfactorily by union officers. From 10 to 15 November, about 20,000 steel workers stopped production temporarily at ThyssenKrupp Nirosta, ArcelorMittal, Vallourec & Mannesmann, Europipe and the Foundry of Friedrich-Wilhelm. The outcome is a wage increase of 3.8%, also for apprentices, as of 1 December 2011, in a collective agreement valid from 1 November 2011 to 28 February 2013, thus 16 months. Agreed is also the guarantee of unlimited employment for apprentices after completion of their apprenticeships. The agreement on part-time arrangements for elderly workers will be continued (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 4 October 2011).
English : message of IG Metall for EUCOBAN network of EMF / EFFAT / ETUF-TCL / EMCEF;
http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=28143&l=2
German: http://www.igmetall-kueste.de/www/news.php?id=736&portalid=1
This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl. or the communications officer of the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2011.