Started on February 14, 2006 in Böblingen, wage negotiations in Bade-Wurtemberg’s metal industry, which employs nearly 800 000 people, were postponed to March 17 after only three hours of discussions. The talks in this Land are followed very closely in Germany, because agreements which are concluded there often set the tone elsewhere. (Réf. 06137)
On the same day, negotiations launched in the metal industry in Berlin and Brandebourg were also deferred. Social partners in a series of other Länder had done the same thing last week. “Our positions are very distant”, noted Jörg Hoffmann, chief negotiator for IG-Metall in Bade-Wurtemberg, at the end of negotiations. He added that IG-Metall’s claims (5% rise in wages in 2006) were justified because of the good financial results obtained by the companies in this branch. Otmar Zwiebelhofer, chie
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