A few days after the metal industry regional negotiations on renewing collective agreements got off to a start on January 14, 2015 the president of IG Metall, Detlef Wetzel has given positive account of 2014 and has presented the union’s priorities for 2015. The first success feature is the fact that the union has recorded a rise in membership for the fourth year in a row with more than 110,000 new members joining in 2014. The union intends to launch an offensive in favor of vocational training (one of the primary themes for the collective negotiations) and also for co-determination.
Training employees for the new 4.0 industry. Negotiations, which first got underway on Wednesday January 14 in two pilot regions: Bavaria and Baden-Wurttemberg, and then in the other regions represent according to Detlef Wetzel “the first major challenge” for the union for 2015. During his annual press conference on January 19 in Frankfurt, Detlef Wetzel President of the union reminded listeners that IG Metall was demanding not only salary rises of up to 5.5% for the 3.7 million workers in the metals and mechanical construction sectors but also measures to improve access to early retirement and to promote training for qualified staff (c.f.
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