After a period of warning strikes the partners in bargaining in the metal sector have concluded an agreement that includes a 4.3% wage raise for the sector’s 3.6 million workers. The deal between IG Metall union and employers in southern Baden-Wuerttemberg state — home to carmakers Daimler and Porsche — includes the wage raise, secures the position of apprentices and somewhat limits the use of temporary workers. The metal industry association president Martin Kannengiesser said the deal with a 13-month duration, initially reached for the state’s 800,000 metal workers, will be applied to all of Germany.
English: http://www.cnbc.com/id/47485680
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/19/us-germany-wages ...
German: http://www.igmetall.de/cps/rde/xchg/internet/style.xsl/tarifabschluss-sichert ...
http://www.igmetall.de/cps/rde/xchg/internet/style.xsl/was-den-beschaeftigten ...
Reports on the strikes: http://www.france24.com/en/20120502-strike-fans-out ...
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/118539
http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/IG_Metall_workers_strike ...
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/German+union+hits+Daimler ...
http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=29831&l=2
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