IG Metall
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{{Infobox Union |name= IGM |country= Germany |affiliation= DGB |members= 2.5 million |full_name= German Metalworkers' Union |native_name= Industriegewerkschaft Metall |image= Image:IGM logo.png |founded= |current= |head= |dissolved_date= |dissolved_state= |merged_into= |office= Frankfurt, Germany |people= Jürgen Peters, president |website= www.igmetall.de |footnotes= }}
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
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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
- German homepage
- English section of German Homepage
- 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