Warning strike at Schaeffler: IG Metall fights for fair wages in Kitzingen!

Warning strike at Schaeffler: IG Metall fights for fair wages in Kitzingen!

Kitzingen, Deutschland - A dramatic warning strike shaked the scores of the Schaeffler Technologies company in the Connekt industrial park in Kitzingen! With this powerful step, IG Metall Würzburg has heralded the strike phase of the ongoing tariff conflict. Ulrike Eifler, the political secretary and business supervisor, gathered with around 40 employees of the early shift in front of the work gate and explained that this warning strike is not the first step, but the result of three unsuccessful rounds of negotiations. Employers have dismissed the IG Metall's claim after a wage increase of seven percent with a ridiculous offer of only 3.6 percent and a term of 27 months.

The union blames the increasing cost of living, renting and inflation for the unbearable situation. Eifler described the counter offer as a bare mockery and demanded that the cost of living must be included in the considerations of employers. "The offer only means a monthly wage, spread over the whole year. Nobody can predict how prices will develop," she called to the striking employees, while a loud concert accompanied the demands.

claims for trainees

Particularly explosive: Eifler demands at least 170 euros for trainees, although Schaeffler does not develop his own offspring at the Kitzingen location. Employers consider this claim to be exaggerated, but Eifler countered: "If you want specialists, you have to train them and pay them appropriately!" She pointed out that many trainees are older nowadays and often no longer live with their parents, which makes the need for fair payment all the more urgent.

Industry is on the verge of upheaval, and Eifler calls for an immediate intervention by the Federal Government. "How can it be that five billion euros are distributed to shareholders while collective agreements are terminated at the same time? With reserves of 134 billion euros, it cannot be VW," said the trade unionist. IG Metall and the employees are not supplicants; The seven percent required are a question of respect for them. Clear signs must be set!