On December 6, the IG-Metall union announced that it had reached, after “difficult and lengthy negotiations.” A collective agreement on appeal to temporary work with Sitech Sitztechnik GmbH, a subsidiary fully owned by Volkswagen AG. This agreement provides for better pay conditions for agency workers, as well as permanent recruitment after 36 weeks in the company, and imposes that the company brings down to 5 percent of its total workforce the share of agency workers in its 3 German sites within 2 years. The IG-Metall claims that, this way, it has succeeded in implementing, for the first time, Volkswagen’s “temporary work charter” outside the parent company. (Ref. 130780)
An example to follow, IG-Metall says. “This agreement represents major progress,” rejoiced Thilo Reusch, who negotiated for the union. He added that the deal sign includes most provisions of Volkswagen AG’s “temporary work charter” (see article No. 120713) and that it is the first agreement of this kind to be signed outside the parent company. “The collective agreement is a step in the right direction and other businesses should use it as a mode,” added Lothar Ewald, deputy director of the
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