IG Metall wants to secure industrial jobs by giving preference to companies bound by collective agreements. This is the wrong approach.
Salaries in the mechanical engineering sector are already at a very high level. The pilot wage agreement in the metal and electrical industry will therefore push many companies to their limits.
Current VDMA survey: Only 30 percent of the companies surveyed are bound by collective agreements. Companies not bound by collective agreements see too little scope for company solutions and a lack of flexibility in collective agreements.
Good salaries are paid in mechanical engineering - even in companies without collective bargaining agreements. A collective bargaining law would only be another unnecessary burden.
IG Metall's wage demands - in particular a 7 percent wage increase - are inappropriate in view of the tense economic situation.