Overview
- Multiple IG Metall districts have on Wednesday asked the union's federal board to approve 24‑hour warning strikes as the next escalation after three failed bargaining rounds.
- The union is seeking a 5 percent wage increase while employers have offered a one‑off 1 percent payment plus a 1.3 percent tariff rise, a gap the union says leaves pay below inflation.
- If the board agrees on Thursday, selected workplaces will hold member votes that require a simple majority to trigger a day‑long strike and participating workers become eligible for strike pay.
- Local actions are continuing to raise tensions, for example several hundred workers at Grob in Mindelheim staged a warning strike despite a recent company-level pact that guarantees jobs until February 2028, and employers have publicly denounced the planned escalation.
- The move risks broader disruption across the 3.7 million‑strong metal and electrical sector and could force new bargaining pressure on employers while drawing public scrutiny over the economic timing and effects on local communities.