Germany: IG Metall seeking to negotiate a four-day week in the steel industry

Almost 40 years after the protracted strike action that gradually led to the introduction in 1995 of the 35-hour working week in the German metal industry, the IG Metall trade union has announced its intention to place the transition to a four-day working week at the centre of collective bargaining negotiations set to be held in November 2023 in Western Germany’s main steel regions (North Rhine-Westphalia,…