During the Paris Air Show, the IG-Metall union published an analysis of the employment situation in the German aeronautics industry. It is based on a “survey” carried out between March 2012 and May 2013 among the works councils of 42 companies (contractors and subcontractors), employing 60,500 people. It shows that, even though order books are full, work rhythms are crazy and time savings accounts are booming, the sector’s businesses don’t train a lot of people and still heavily rely on temporary work and “service contracts” (Werkverträge). Thus, the number of agency workers is still going up, amounting to 14.1 percent of total staffing in the industry. From the information gathered, the IG-Metall believes that over 18,500 permanent jobs could be created in the sector. (Ref. 130422)
Good economic health leading to work overload but no permanent contracts. The number of orders aviation manufacturers registered during the Paris Air Show is proof that, even though the European economy isn’t very active, this sector is doing well and can look on the bright side. The study carried out, for the IG-Metall, among the WCs of 42 aviation companies employing 60,676 people (91 percent of employees working in businesses with 50+ employees) confirms that things are going well. It...
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