The employers: Inside the West German textile and fashion industry, in the second round of negotiations with the IG Metall, a two-stage tariff increase at a term of 28 months. According to this, the approximately 100,000 employees should get 1.3 percent from November 1 and a year later 1.7 percent more money.
The union spoke of a ‘lean offer’. that means real wages for the employed. With warning strikes from March 1st, IG Metall now wants to increase the pressure on employers: inside.
“The budget of the textile and clothing employees is not only sewn on edge, but has large holes,” said negotiator Miriam Bürger, according to the message.
The IG Metall claim after 6.5 percent more money with a term of 12 months, the negotiator of the employer, Markus Simon.
“We all know that we have no scope for distribution,” he said, according to the Textile+Mode employers’ association. “We cannot agree to wage increases that our companies simply cannot pay. Because many of us are about existence. “
The union also requires that the monthly salaries should increase by at least 200 euros, which would bring the lower wage groups a disproportionate growth.
According to the association, around 1,000 mostly medium-sized companies include the West German textile and fashion industry.