Daimler-Chrysler: the conflict between workers’ representatives in Germany worsens

How to deal with Daimler-Chrysler' s management? Since 1998, the official works council and a group of more critical staff representatives have been fighting over this question at the Untertürkheim site. Today, the conflict between these trade union activists, which are all IG-Metall members, has gone even further. (Ref 061068)
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On October 23rd, 2006, about fifty trade union activists belonging to the “alternative “group, went to the IG-Metall office in Frankfurt to deposit a petition targeting its secretariat. In this open letter, signed by 1500 Daimler employees (all members of IG-Metall), union activists accuse the works council of systematically excluding elected representatives who promote a more combative attitude towards the firm’s policy. « We are the foundation of IG-Metall and we pay our contributions – but n

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