Germany : First warning strikes take place in the metal industry

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1 March 2006 à 16h45

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Workers in the metal industry of Bade Württemberg went on strike for the first time this year, as a warning. German employees are allowed to organize short strikes, often a few hours a day, to influence negotiations between trade unions and managers. (Ref.06198)
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During the night of February 28th to March 1st, almost 1000 people stopped working for a few hours at the Daimler Chrysler production site in Sindelfingen. Around 2000 people did the same thing in the morning, in several companies: Bosch, Coperion Werner& Pfleiderer, Behr und LTG Mailänder. These actions will continue throughout this week.

Workers hope they will prevent the management from ending “wiwi pauses” for employees who work on the production line. This regulation was established...

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