Thyssenkrupp steel division
Steel-employed people agree with painful renovation
For the renovation of Thyssenkrupp Steel, employees should also do without a lot. The IG Metall members have now agreed to an agreement that also means less wages.
At the battered steel manufacturer Thyssenkrupp Steel, the IG Metall members approved a renovation collective agreement that means extensive salary for them. The approval rate was 77 percent, as the union in Düsseldorf reported. 62 percent of IG Metall members in the steel division would have participated in the vote.
The contract was negotiated between steel management and IG Metall in mid-July under the heading “Restoring Stahl”. He should ensure that Germany’s largest steel manufacturer becomes competitive again. At the end of June, the Thyssenkrupp steel division employed almost 26,000 people.
Massive job cuts planned
The company got into the crisis due to the economic weakness, high energy prices and cheap imports from Asia. As a countermeasure, Thyssenkrupp wants to significantly reduce its capacities – from 11.5 million tons per year to 8.7 to 9 million tons. Around 11,000 jobs are to be dismantled or outsourced. There should not be any operating terminations.
The not yet concluded renovation collective agreement should apply by the end of the 2029/30 financial year. Among other things, he provides for a reduction in working hours without wage compensation and the deletion of vacation pay.
Other previously common payments are also to be weakened, such as the anniversary allowance that is paid for particularly long service. The surcharge for a on -call service should also be halved. According to IG Metall, the losses for the employees amount to around 120 million euros annually. Employers confessed to investments to modernize locations.
No financing commitment by corporate mother yet
The union emphasized that the implementation of the negotiation result after the consent of IG Metall members is also linked to the promise of the parent company Thyssenkrupp AG to ensure the financing of the agreed measures. When this happens is still open. Only then should the collective agreement be signed.
“The IG Metall, the participation and IG Metall members have fulfilled their responsibility,” said NRW district manager Knut Giesler, according to the announcement. Now the AG has been asked to contribute its part. “It needs to be financed by the planned measures and investments.”
The overall works council chairman of the steel division, Tekin Nasikkol, said: “We went to our pain limit and make our maximum contribution to a hopefully positive future of the steel. Now the ball lies with the board.”
dpa
Source: Stern
