IG mining, chemistry, energy

Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union ; (IG BCE)
founding	1997
Seat	Hanover
main emphasis	labor union
Chair	Michael Vassiliadis
Members	632,389 (2018)
Website	www.igbce.de

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Headquarters in Hanover

Left IG BCE building on Königsworther Platz and on the feeder to the Westschnellweg

Memorial plaque at the headquarters of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie in Bochum

The industrial union for mining, chemistry and energy ( IG BCE ) was created in 1997 through the merger of IG Bergbau und Energie (IG BE) with IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik (IG CPK) and the leather union (GL). It is based on Königsworther Platz in Hanover .

The IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie is a member of both the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) and the European Movement Germany network . It is the third largest single trade union in the DGB. In 2018, it had around 632,400 (495,398 male, 136,991 female) members. The union covers professions in the mining , chemicals , gas , glass , rubber , ceramics , plastics , leather , mineral oil , paper , pharmaceutical , renovation / disposal , hard coal and water management industries .

Structure of the organization

The basis of the organization is formed by the local groups and trust bodies , which are on an equal footing at their level. Further units such as the district , the state district and the main board build on this. The members are looked after by the spatial division of a total of 44 districts, so that the responsible district management can be reached by the members without spending a lot of time and travel. The trade union and political issues of the individual districts are coordinated by the eight regional districts of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse / Thuringia, North, Northeast, North Rhine, Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland and Westphalia. The headquarters of the union and the executive board with a total of five areas are located in Hanover.

The proportion of women in the top committees such as the executive board is two women to three men, the proportion of full-time trade unionists in supervisory board mandates to be filled by IG BCE is to be increased to 30 percent.

There are three training centers in Bad Münder , Haltern am See and Grünheide (Mark) available for trade union training .

history

In 1930, almost half a million workers were organized in a predecessor organization, the Factory Workers ' Union. In 1959 it was achieved that for the first time in the industry a 5-day week was applicable. The coal phase-out was slowed down and the consolidation of German hard coal production in Ruhrkohle AG was promoted.

subsidiary company

The Society for Education, Knowledge, Seminar of IG BCE mbH (short name: IG BCE BWS GmbH), based in the headquarters of IG BCE, is the IG BCE educational institution responsible for works council training. It mainly conducts seminars in accordance with Section 37 (6) BetrVG .

A specialty is the executive academy for BR chairmen and those on leave.

IG BCE has a 26.8% stake in the Vivawest housing company.

Board

Michael Vassiliadis was re-elected chairman at the 6th regular trade union congress in Hanover in October 2017. Edeltraud Glänzer as deputy chairmen, Petra Reinbold-Knape and Ralf Sikorski were confirmed as further members of the executive board, and Francesco Grioli was elected as a new member. In June 2019 Edeltraud Glänzer resigned from the board of directors, and Karin Erhard took her place. Ralf Sikorski is the new deputy chairman.

Chairperson