US EditionIg Metall: Compromises in the Economic Crisis
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The IG Metall had it easier: the economic crisis demands its willingness to compromise. At the same time, a different political wind blows in many companies. By Ingo Nathusius.
Hundreds of thousands of jobs have recently been lost to German industry. IG Metal Head Christiane Benner is pushing for reforms. What she is calling for in concrete terms – and how the government should show a hard edge against Trump.
The IG Metall fights against deindustrialisation and persistent loss of members. With a new initiative, it proposes solutions and criticizes the Union's debate on part-time employment as a "stone age policy".
The IG Metall rejects Faulenzer accusations. The union is militant and threatens to strike if employers do not invest in innovation and locations.
Members' decline due to "massive cuts in many companies" Dresden, 26 January 2026. The German multi-crisis and, above all, the decline of many industries does not pass the trade unions without a trace. Thus, the IG Metall in the area of Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony lost about four percent of its members and now only comes to about 137,000 metallers. "The most important topic is the securing of the jobs and the stop of job cuts and factory closures"…
The industry is in crisis, traditional companies such as the Ford Germany car manufacturer and Thyssenkrupp's steel division are heavily dismantling jobs. This is also felt by a trade union.
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