For the first time in ten years, the main sectoral union in Germany has managed to consolidate its size. There has even been a 5.7% increase in memberships among people under 27. This radical change is due to a less sectarian approach, placing employees' commitment and the local scale at the center of actions. (Ref. 080903)
Young people are organizing. While some observers are currently accusing the IG Metall of reviving
its “hard-liner” strategies from the 1990s, the union is proving that its new
approach, placing employers and the company’s commitment at the center of its
action, is starting to bear fruit. Thus, the union signified that, for the
first time in ten years, its global size was stable with a minor 0.4% decline for
the first 10 months of 2008 and that the number of its salaried members started
increas
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