On October 5, ZF Friedrichshafen, one of the world leaders in ground transmission and liaison systems, signed with union and employee representatives an international framework agreement (IFA) on fundamental rights at work. However, after it was signed, the agreement caused a disagreement between the IG-Metall and the management. The key bone of contention was Article 12 on the implementation and follow-up of the framework agreement, which the management in Brazil did not see fit to translate. Lilo Rademacher, second in command at the IG-Metall in Friedrichshafen-Oberschaben and member of ZF's board, told Planet Labor about the reasons behind this conflict, which has now been solved, and the hopes this text raised among the employees in the German group's subsidiaries worldwide, notably in Brazil. (Ref. 120689)
The number of IFAs signed since the 1990s has been constantly increasing. The IG-Metall listed 80-90 framework agreements negotiated “by the book” (see our dispatch No. 120627). However, their effective application greatly varied with the will of the signing parties and can lead to trials of strength between the management and union representatives, as was the case at ZF
Friedrichshafen.
Creating a union network. At the IG-Metall, Lilo Rademacher is in charge of ZF Friedrichshafen, one of t
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