This is a small revolution. Starting from November, the largest German metalworkers union, IG Metall, should be run by two “reformists”. Berthold Huber, 57, currently IG Metall's number 2 and leader of the moderate wing, should succeed to Jürgen Peters, 63, IG Metall's current president and figurehead of the traditionalist movement. He will be assisted by another “reformist”, Detlef Wetzel, 54, IG Metall's current leader in Northern Rhineland-Westphalia. (Ref. 070720)
These decisions were taken on September 3, 2007 by the trade union’s management committee. They still have to receive the green light from the unions’ delegates, who will meet at a congress from November 4 to 10 in Leipzig. However, the results of the vote appear to be taken as granted. This change in management comes in four years after the power crisis which almost caused the trade union to split. At the time, Klaus Zwickel, IG Metall’s president, wanted Berthold Huber as his successor, to th
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