German newspaper Handelsblatt reports that workers in Germany’s key metals and engineering industry are heading towards industrial action. The automotive industry would be affected by any action.
The newspaper reports that the executive of trade union IG Metall plans to ballot its members on unlimited industrial action at the end of April, if no pay agreement has been forged by then. An all-out strike could then be underway by the start of May. But this will be preceded by a campaign of warning strikes which could start by the end of March.
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To avoid large-scale warning strikes, industry association Gesamtmetall (which represents companies across the engineering sector, including automotive) must improve its offer within the next two weeks, IG Metall’s vice-president, Jürgen Peters told Handelsblatt.
Gesamtmetall on Friday offered a 2% increase in wages.
