IG Metall
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IG Metall (Industriegewerkschaft Metall - German Metalworkers' Union) is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany. Analysts of German labor relations consider it a major trend-setter in national bargaining. As a metalworkers' union, it represents the labor of the auto industry. Significantly, IG Metall represents both blue- and white-collar workers.
On April 1, 1998 the Gewerkschaft Textil und Bekleidung (GTB),
the trade union of textile and clothing joined IGM.
On January 1, 2000 the Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff (GHK),
the trade union of wood and plastics joined IGM.
IGM is a member of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB),
the German trade union confederation.
IGM is also a member of some international union umbrella organisations.
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Organisation structure
IGM consists of 7 Bezirke which are subdivided in Verwaltungstellen: . Bezirk Baden-Württemberg headquarters located in Stuttgart 28 Verwaltungstellen . Bezirk Bayern ( Bavaria ) headquarters located in Munich 21 Verwaltungstellen . Bezirk Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen ( Berlin + Brandenburg + Saxony ) headquarters located in Berlin 12 Verwaltungstellen . Bezirk Frankfurt ( Saarland + Rhineland-Palatinate + Hesse + Thuringia ) headquarters located in Frankfurt/Main 27 Verwaltungstellen . Bezirk Küste ( "Küste"= "Sea Coast" ) ( Bremen + Hamburg + Schleswig-Holstein + Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ) headquarters located in Hamburg 19 Verwaltungstellen . Bezirk Niedersachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt ( Lower Saxony + Saxony-Anhalt ) headquarters located in Hanover 20 Verwaltungstellen . Bezirk Nordrhein-Westfalen ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) headquarters located in Düsseldorf 47 Verwaltungstellen
Miscellaneous
metall
The IGM magazine metall exists since 1949.
Actually (2005) it has a circulation of over 2 million per issue,
there are 10 issues per year.
chairmen
1949-1950: Hans Brümmer, Walter Freitag, Wilhelm Petersen 1950-1952: Hans Brümmer // 2nd chairman: Walter Freitag 1952-1956: Hans Brümmer // 2nd chairman: Otto Brenner 1956-1968: Otto Brenner 1968-1972: Otto Brenner // 2nd chairman: Eugen Loderer 1972-1983: Eugen Loderer // 2nd chairman: Hans Mayr 1983-1986: Hans Mayr // 2nd chairman: Franz Steinkühler 1986-1989: Franz Steinkühler // 2nd chairman: Karl-Heinz Jansen 1989-1993: Franz Steinkühler // 2nd chairman: Klaus Zwickel 1993-1998: Klaus Zwickel // 2nd chairman: Walter Riester 1998-2003: Klaus Zwickel // 2nd chairman: Jürgen Peters 2003- : Jürgen Peters // 2nd chairman: Berthold Huber
External links
- http://www.igmetall.de/ - German homepage
- http://www.igmetall.de/die_igmetall/englisch/
- http://www.otto-brenner-stiftung.de/englisch.neu/
- http://samvak.tripod.com/pp141.html - "Recent history and future of IG Metall"
- http://www.igmetall.de/metall/ - online version of the magazine, in German
Further Reading
- Thelen, Kathleen. 1993. West European Labor in Transition: Sweden and Germany Compared. World Politics 46, no. 1 (October): 23-49.de:IG Metall