IG Metall Baden-Württemberg

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Industrial Metal Union

Baden-Württemberg district
( IG Metall Baden-Württemberg )

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purpose labor union
Chair: 1st chairman: Jörg Hofmann
Executive Director: District manager: Roman Zitzelsberger
Establishment date: January 20, 1950
Number of members: approx. 446,000 (end of 2019)
Seat : Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Website: http://www.bw.igm.de

The IG Metall district of Baden-Württemberg has almost 446,000 members ( at the end of 2019 ) and is one of seven districts of IG Metall , which with a total of 2.3 million members is the largest single trade union in the Federal Republic and also the largest organized employee representation worldwide. Other IG Metall districts are Bavaria, the coast, Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony, Frankfurt, Lower Saxony-Saxony-Anhalt and North Rhine-Westphalia.

The management of the Baden-Württemberg district is based in Stuttgart 's Feuerbach district and represents the employees of the metal industry, the metalworking industry, the textile and clothing industry, and the wood and plastics industries. The members as well as around 2,000 companies with more than 10,000 union shop stewards and around 14,500 elected works councils are looked after in 27 regional offices .

Offices

The 27 local IG Metall offices (branches) in Baden-Württemberg

→ Basking → Albstadt → Bruchsal
→ Esslingen → Freiburg → Freudenstadt
→ Friedrichshafen → Gaggenau → Göppingen-Geislingen
→ Heidelberg → Heidenheim → Heilbronn / Neckarsulm
→ Karlsruhe → Loerrach → Ludwigsburg
→ Mannheim → Offenburg → Pforzheim
→ Reutlingen / Tübingen → Schwäbisch Gmünd → Schwäbisch Hall
→ Sing → Stuttgart → Tauberbischofsheim
→ Ulm → Villingen-Schwenningen → Waiblingen

history

After the war

Aerial photo of the destroyed Heilbronn on March 31, 1945

Numerous cities in Baden-Württemberg such as Heilbronn , Stuttgart , Karlsruhe , Mannheim , Ulm and Pforzheim were also the target of the Allied air raids during the Second World War . Most of these cities, especially the industrial plants of Bosch , Lanz Bulldog , BASF , Daimler-Benz etc. were largely destroyed. Both the local government and the management of the companies got off to a slow start under the French and American occupation forces , as numerous officials , company owners and managing directors were considered to be burdened by their activities in the Third Reich after the denazification .

May 1st demonstration in Stuttgart - 1948

For this reason, so-called working committees were formed at the community level and in larger companies immediately after the surrender to ensure the supply of the population and to carry out initial construction work. After the first municipal council elections in May 1946, the working committees lost their importance and disbanded.

In the same year, the rebuilding of union structures began. Many unions have been re-established on the principle of the unified union . Until the founding of the IG Metall district of Baden-Württemberg in January 1950, this was the previously independent metalworking union of Württemberg-Baden .

1950s

Metal workers in the forge - Daimler Untertürkheim - May 1956

The IG Metall district of Baden-Württemberg, with 37 local offices and around 200,000 members at the time , was founded on 20/21. January 1950 in Stuttgart . The first dispute in the newly founded district occurred in 1954 between the employers' association Südwestmetall and IG Metall in collective bargaining over higher wages. Otherwise, the 1950s were strongly influenced by the rebuilding of the union structures which were smashed during the Nazi dictatorship .

A milestone of these years were the large demonstrations of solidarity throughout the state for the striking metal workers in Schleswig-Holstein . The longest and most extensive strike in the history of German trade unions concerned the continued payment of wages in the event of illness for industrial workers for a period of six weeks, i.e. practically equal treatment with employees . A total of around 18,000 metal workers struck for 114 days, 16 weeks.

1960s

Aerial view of the Mercedes-Benz foundry, Mannheim 1960

On May 10, 1963, the largest conflict in Baden-Württemberg to date ended after a three-week strike . For the first time since 1928, the entrepreneurs responded to a strike with a closed, cold lockout in the entire tariff area. Despite the massive lockout of 270,000 workers, IG Metall prevailed with its demands.

An important milestone in the history of the trade union was the introduction of the 40-hour week in the metal and electrical industry in 1967. Otherwise, the development of wages and salaries was in the foreground in the 1960s . The reason for this was the growing discrepancy between company profits and employee income in the course of the so-called economic miracle after the war . In 1968 alone, the net income from entrepreneurship and wealth increased by 22 percent, but the income of employees rose by only 5 percent. In addition, at the end of the 1960s there were price increases of up to 8 percent per year.

Significant wage increases should ensure a fairer income for workers . In particular, the "legendary" district manager at the time, Willi Bleicher , advocated greater employee participation in company profits . Bleicher, who was considered a charismatic speaker , led two large strikes for wage increases in 1963 and 1971 to success. The climax of the equalizing wage policy was reached in 1970. This year IG Metall achieved an average increase in wages and salaries of 15.3%.

1970s

Belt production in the automotive industry 1973

In addition to the union's very own demand for "fair" wages , the humanization of the world of work became increasingly important in the early 1970s . During this time, IG Metall implemented, among other things, fixed breaks and more employee-friendly cycle times for pieceworkers . In 1973, this included, above all, the collective bargaining agreement for breaks in need and breaks for line workers , the Steinkühler break named after the then district manager Franz Steinkühler .

1980s

With a six-week strike in North Württemberg - North Baden and Hesse by 57,000 strikers, the entry into the 35-hour week was fought for in 1984 . The so-called Leber Compromise initially provided for 38.5 hours of work per week from 1985 onwards with full wages . Further steps to reduce working hours followed after warning strikes involving over 200,000 people across Baden-Württemberg. From April 1, 1989, workers in the metal and electrical industry were finally able to work the 37-hour week.

1990s

In 1993, the working week in the metal and electrical industry in Baden-Württemberg was reduced to 36 hours. In the same year there was the first strike by workers in the motor vehicle trade . On October 1, 1995, the 35-hour week in the metal and electrical industry in Baden-Württemberg was finally reached. In 1998 the textile and clothing union was integrated into IG Metall, followed two years later by the wood and plastics union .

2000s

On April 5, 2000, with the wage result in Baden-Württemberg, in addition to a wage increase of 3 percent, it was agreed for the first time that trainees would be taken on for at least twelve months after their training .

In 2001, after numerous warning strikes with over 200,000 participants, a collective bargaining agreement was concluded to train employees. The agreement , valid from 2002, regulated the entitlement to qualification and the implementation of qualification measures for employees. At the same time, both parties to the collective bargaining agreement created a joint agency (AgenturQ) to promote professional development .

On June 23, 2003, after more than 10 years , the parties to the collective bargaining agreement for Baden-Württemberg reached an agreement on the collective wage agreement on the general remuneration agreement (ERA-TV). With ERA-TV, a fundamentally new remuneration system was created in the metal and electrical industry in order to determine the income of employees and to eliminate the no longer up-to-date different remuneration of workers and employees .

2018

On Tuesday, February 6, at 1.30 a.m. in Stuttgart, IG Metall Baden-Württemberg and Südwestmetall agreed on a collective agreement and thus averted a labor dispute. “As of April 1, 2018 (valid until March 2020), the collective agreement brings a wage increase of 4.3 percent for all employees. […] In addition, there is a one-off payment of 100 euros for January to March 2018 and from 2019 an annual fixed amount of 400 euros. Next year, a collectively agreed additional allowance of 27.5 percent of a monthly wage will be introduced. ”This additional allowance can be converted into eight days off. IG Metall was able to ensure that every employee is entitled to a temporary reduction in weekly working hours to 28 hours. Südwestmetall implemented the option of extending the weekly working time. In January there were warning strikes across the country.

District Manager

Willi Bleicher Prize

Since 2012, IG Metall Baden-Württemberg has awarded the “ Willi Bleicher Prize ” for journalists every year. Articles related to the world of work in Baden-Württemberg are sought and awarded.

See also

literature

  • Johannes Kolb: Metal trade unions in the post-war period, the organizational structure of the metal trade unions in the three western occupation zones of Germany . Bund-Verlag, Cologne 1983, ISBN 3-7663-0824-6
  • Walther Müller-Jentsch : Trade unions and the social market economy since 1945 . Reclam, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-15-018897-2
  • Dr. Rainer Fattmann, Jochen Faber: Future strategy: 60 years of IG Metall Baden-Württemberg . Medienverlag Info & Idea, Ludwigsburg 2010, ISBN 3-931112-19-5
  • Frank Deppe , Georg Fülberth , Jürgen Harrer (eds.): History of the German trade union movement . Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne 1977, ISBN 3-7609-0290-1
  • Walter Dörrich and Klaus Schönhoven : Sources on the history of the German trade union movement in the 20th century. Volume 10: The industrial union in the early Federal Republic . Bund-Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7663-2310-5
  • Claus Noé : Tamed class struggle. Collective bargaining in the FRG The conflict between Gesamtmetall and IG Metall in spring 1963 . Duncker et al. Humblot, Berlin 1970, ISBN 978-3-428-02088-1
  • Hans-Otto Hemmer, Kurt Thomas Schmitz (Ed.): History of the trade unions in the Federal Republic of Germany. From the beginning until today . Bund Verlag, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7663-3153-1

Web links

Commons : IG Metall  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interactive map of IG Metall with offices, district management and educational institutions
  2. ^ Homepage of IG Metall Baden-Württemberg - IG Metall branches on site in Baden-Württemberg
  3. ↑ Dr. Rainer Fattmann: Strategy future: 60 years IG Metall Baden-Württemberg - Medienverlag Info & Idea, Ludwigsburg 2010 - ISBN 978-3-931112-19-6
  4. ↑ Ban on trade unions during National Socialism and rebuilding of trade unions after World War II
  5. ↑ Official homepage of the state capital Kiel - City Archives Kiel - The Chronicle of the City of Kiel - Year 1956 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kiel.de
  6. ^ Foundation House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany - Living Museum Online (LeMO) - Chronicle 1963
  7. ↑ Peter Borowsky - Grand Coalition and Extra-Parliamentary Opposition - Federal Agency for Civic Education 2007
  8. ↑ PDF file; 1.44 MB - On the 100th birthday of Willi Bleicher And if the world were full of devils ... - Dr. Rainer Fattmann, Bonn 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bw.igm.de
  9. ↑ PDF file; 1.88 MB - A brief history of great successes Tariff successes at a glance 1956 - 2011 - IG Metall Executive Board, Frankfurt 2011 ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.igmetall.de
  10. ↑ Peter Reinhardt: Metallers celebrate tariff compromise. in: Alb-Bote, February 7, 2018.
  11. ^ Journalism award from IG Metall Baden-Württemberg

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