01.11.2023 | Works councils can achieve a great deal. To do so, however, they need to be familiar with a wide range of issues. We support them in this with our comprehensive and modern training program.

12.10.2023 | Things are happening in the digital economy. Works councils are being established and collective agreements concluded. IG Metall has a lot to offer for employees in the industry. A strong union voice is also important in the current discussions about the future of remote work.

13.09.2023 | Cindy Fasanya is an IG Metall shop steward at VW software-brand CARIAD. She started in 2020 and joined IG Metall after a short time. As a shop steward, she wanted to stand up for others. Together they achieved their first own collective agreement through warning strikes.

25.07.2023 | On 13-14 October 2023, the second Tech Workers Conference will take place.

06.07.2023 | Berlin´s second Tech Conference takes place in october. Save the date, share the news.

28.06.2023 | As of July 1, employees at ASML Berlin will benefit from an in-house collective agreement. A joint press conference of IG Metall and ASML provided information about the agreement.

22.06.2023 | Vacation finally. Employees in companies covered by collective agreements have a clear advantage here. With a collective agreement, they get not only more days of vacation, but also an extra bonus for the travel budget.

19.06.2023 | At the internationally renowned fair, we continued our survey on working conditions among tech workers and gained new insights into the state of digitalization in various areas of society.

22.05.2023 | Workers in the sector of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with collective agreements earn on average almost 15 per cent more than those in companies without collective agreements. At the same time, their average working hours are lower.

15.05.2023 | The word sounds like science fiction. However, the effects on the world of work are real: The "metaverse" is a new place of work and a new work tool. In this interview, Detlef Gerst and Vanessa Barth (IG Metall headquarter in Frankfurt/Main) talk about opportunities and risks - and why the metaverse should not be a space free of co-determination.

19.04.2023 | Before the 4th negotiation about the inflation compensation bonus, 45 colleagues of Unify in Berlin stopped work to support the IG Metall negotiation commission. Today, IG Metall is negotiating for the fourth time about an inflation compensation bonus with the employers of Unify, science+computing and Bull.

27.03.2023 | Today we are launching a survey that focuses on the communication and information behavior of members and non-members as well as on the image of IG Metall Berlin. We are focusing in particular on our colleagues in the digital economy, the so-called tech workers.

16.02.2023 | The change from industry to information economy is changing the meaning of "office work" and requires new working methods - the opportunities and challenges that arise from this were discussed by 320 active unionist at the 22nd IG Metall conference of non-production workers from February 12 to 14, 2023 in Willingen. The focus was on employee empowerment and the question of how IG Metall can continue to be diverse and effective in the future.

02.02.2023 | In the first warning strike in CARIAD's history, 250 employees in Berlin and 1200 employees across Germany stood up for their demands. Despite a slight movement recently, the employer's offer remains behind the conditions at the other group brands of Volkswagen. Apart from that, the employees continue to protest for a uniform profit-sharing scheme.

30.01.2023 | IG Metall Berlin supports the call for a rally on Wednesday, February 1st 2023, at 4 p.m. in front of the British Embassy in Berlin (Wilhelmstraße 70/71, 10117 Berlin).

23.01.2023 | 200 members of IG METALL at CARIAD supported the negotiating commission at the start of the 2nd round of negotiations on January 20th, 2023 in Berlin and emphasized their demands. In front of the entrance of CARIAD in Helmholtzstrasse, speakers from all regions reiterated the necessity of the demands, read out messages of solidarity from the Volkswagen shop stewards in Wolfsburg, among others, and clearly showed that there is a broad will among the workforce to receive a profit-sharing bonus for all in addition to the 8 % pay increase.

04.11.2022 | The bargaining committee has met twice. After long, intensive debates, the demand for the upcoming salary bargaining has now been determined: 8 percent pay increase and profit-sharing for all employees, including a first instalment in 2023.