Overview
- A further bargaining round ended without movement on Thursday and IG Metall said it would broaden warning strikes after the talks failed to produce a viable employer offer.
- The union began warning strikes after the industry's no-strike obligation lapsed at the start of the week and reports say planned stoppages now cover more than 2,000 firms and concern about 3.7 million employees.
- Employers have offered a one-off payment equal to about 1% for July 2027 and a permanent 1.3% rise starting July 2028, while IG Metall demands a 5% pay increase plus a social payment for lower-paid groups and profit-sharing in healthy companies.
- Escalation this week focused on Bavaria, where IG Metall called actions in 105 firms including BMW in Dingolfing and is organising a central rally on Monday, November 9, at the Audi‑Piazza in Ingolstadt.
- IG Metall Baden-Württemberg tabled a conditional solution that would allow limited contract deviations only if companies commit in writing to investment, site, job and training guarantees and warned it will widen strikes if employers do not respond.