https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Talks to reduce weekly working hours for east German metalworkers to match those in the west have failed. https://www.thelocal.de/20190624/dispute-over-working-hours-for-metal-workers-in-east-germany-continues Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:47:16 +0200 dispute-over-working-hours-for-metal-workers-in-east-germany-continues Workers at the world's largest carmaker Volkswagen said on Wednesday they had secured a big pay bump, in line with the rest of Germany's powerful metalworking sector. https://www.thelocal.de/20180221/volkswagen-workers-secure-big-pay-bump Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:04:35 +0100 volkswagen-workers-secure-big-pay-bump Thousands of German metalworkers will down tools for a day from Tuesday evening, as their powerful union flexes its muscles in a battle with bosses for higher pay and more generous conditions. https://www.thelocal.de/20180131/metalworkers-to-down-tools Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:50:40 +0100 metalworkers-to-down-tools Germany's metalworkers' union said Saturday that it will intensify its campaign for better pay and conditions, threatening 24-hour "warning strikes" after talks with industry representatives fell apart. https://www.thelocal.de/20180127/industrial-strikes-loom-as-talks-with-german-union-collapse Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:25:57 +0100 industrial-strikes-loom-as-talks-with-german-union-collapse Emboldened by an economy running at full steam, workers in other sectors of the German economy are following the call of the metalworkers' union for higher pay - and Germany's trading partners are cheering them on from the sidelines. https://www.thelocal.de/20180124/europe-roots-for-germanys-largest-unions-battle-for-higher-pay Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:10:52 +0100 europe-roots-for-germanys-largest-unions-battle-for-higher-pay Tens of thousands of German workers downed tools this week as the country's largest union ramped up its battle for the right to a 28-hour week. https://www.thelocal.de/20180111/time-over-money-germanys-largest-union-defends-28-hour-week Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:00:07 +0100 time-over-money-germanys-largest-union-defends-28-hour-week Germany's powerful metalworkers union has called for mass strikes from Monday over pay and working hours that could impact a key industry and the shape of labour nationwide. https://www.thelocal.de/20180108/metalworkers-start-strikes-for-pay-rise-and-28-hour-work-week Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:22:17 +0100 metalworkers-start-strikes-for-pay-rise-and-28-hour-work-week The largest union in Germany is bracing for a combative start to the new year as it presses demands for a 28-hour working week, warning employers to expect mass strikes in the battle for a better work-life balance. https://www.thelocal.de/20171229/german-union-escalates-fight-for-28-hour-work-week Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:01:11 +0100 german-union-escalates-fight-for-28-hour-work-week Germany's powerful union IG Metall agreed a pay deal with the metal industry's employers association early Wednesday, averting the threat of a major strike. https://www.thelocal.de/20130515/49717 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:43:00 +0200 49717 IG Metall, Germany's most powerful union, said on Monday that it has urged regional branches to call for a 5.5 percent pay rise for metalworkers in their upcoming pay rounds. https://www.thelocal.de/20130304/48321 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:43:00 +0100 48321 Some 800,000 metalworkers in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg won a 4.3 percent pay rise after marathon negotiations, their union IG Metall said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120519/42631 Sat, 19 May 2012 12:33:00 +0200 42631 Germany has Europe’s most efficient workers and their productivity has increased largely because wages have not kept up, data released Monday from the Federal Statistics Office showed. https://www.thelocal.de/20120501/42273 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:30:00 +0200 42273 Germany’s biggest trade union has accused insurance giant Allianz of making a multi-million euro payment to help laid-off workers conditional on the union calling off a protest rally. https://www.thelocal.de/20120112/40077 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:32:00 +0100 40077 Germany's giant IG Metall union said on Tuesday it had struck a deal with employers for a 3.8-percent pay rise for industrial workers that should serve as a model for the rest of the German economy, the biggest in the European Union. https://www.thelocal.de/20111122/39033 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:14:00 +0100 39033 Some 85,000 steel industry workers in northwestern Germany will get a raise this autumn after their unions reached an agreement with employers on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20100930/30173 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:46:00 +0200 30173 Steelworkers in northwestern Germany went on strike Thursday in an attempt to increase pressure on employers to provide raises and equal pay across the industry. https://www.thelocal.de/20100923/30021 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:39:00 +0200 30021 German engineering giant Siemens has agreed to protect the jobs of 128,000 domestic employees indefinitely, a media report said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100922/29991 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:01:00 +0200 29991 German metalworkers will stage limited strikes this week to agitate for sharp wage hikes after a stalemate in negotiations with employers, the IG Metall trade union said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100920/29951 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:16:00 +0200 29951 A branch of Germany’s biggest industrial union, IG Metall, demanded on Friday a six percent pay rise, the opening salvo in what is expected to be long and drawn-out wage negotiations. https://www.thelocal.de/20100827/29451 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:28:00 +0200 29451 The quick recovery in Germany's car industry has inspired the country's biggest metal-worker's union IG Metall to put more pressure on company managers. https://www.thelocal.de/20100626/28119 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:14:00 +0200 28119