Germany: IG-Metall Conference celebrates the success of its strategic shift

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e, organized every four years, started on Sunday, October 9th in Lüdenscheid and will end on the evening of October 15th. The 481 delegates will have to vote nearly 500 motions. These include reducing the number of managerial posts, the last step of the union’s reform improving the resources and position of its 163 local districts. The Conference should also consecrate the new development and recruitment strategies adopted since 2007. With these, the largest union in Germany is recording it

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