Overview
- IG Metall staged a planned escalation of multi-day warning strikes across Bavaria on Monday as the third tariff negotiation with the employer association vbm took place in Munich.
- The union expects a mass rally of 15,000 to 20,000 workers on Audi‑Piazza in Ingolstadt while thousands more joined actions in Augsburg, Donauwörth, Mindelheim and other cities.
- IG Metall’s demands call for a 5% pay rise, a €110 increase for apprentices for 12 months, better pay for lower wage groups, tariff profit‑sharing in profitable firms, and measures to secure jobs and locations.
- Employers have offered a 1.3% wage increase plus a conditional one‑off payment after 20 months, leaving a wide gap that the warning strikes are meant to close.
- The strikes have already halted production at many plants, including a one‑day action at Grob‑Werke in Mindelheim where several hundred workers stood down in solidarity despite a local employment guarantee.