- IG Metall
Infobox Union
name= IGM
country=Germany
affiliation= DGB
members= 2.4 million
full_name= German Metalworkers' Union
native_name= Industriegewerkschaft Metall
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office=Frankfurt , Germany
people=Berthold Huber , president
website= [http://www.igmetall.de/ www.igmetall.de]
footnotes=IG Metall (German: "Industriegewerkschaft Metall", "Industrial Union of Metalworkers'") is the dominant metalworkers' union in
Germany . Analysts of Germanlabor relations consider it a major trend-setter in national bargaining. As a metalworkers' union, it represents workers in the motor vehicle 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.
OnJanuary 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.Organisation structure
IGM consists of 7 "Bezirke" (districts) which are subdivided in "Verwaltungstellen" (administrative areas):
* [http://www.bw.igm.de/ Bezirk Baden-Württemberg] headquarters located in Stuttgart; 28 Verwaltungstellen
* [http://www.igmetall-bayern.de Bezirk Bayern] ( Bavaria ) headquarters located in Munich; 21 Verwaltungstellen
* [http://www.igmetall-bbs.de Bezirk Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen] ( Berlin + Brandenburg + Saxony ) headquarters located in Berlin; 12 Verwaltungstellen
* [http://www.igmetall-bezirk-frankfurt.de Bezirk Frankfurt] ( Saarland + Rhineland-Palatinate + Hesse + Thuringia ) headquarters located in Frankfurt/Main; 27 Verwaltungstellen
* [http://www.igmetall-kueste.de Bezirk Küste] ( "Küste"= "Sea Coast" ) ( Bremen + Hamburg + Schleswig-Holstein + Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ) headquarters located in Hamburg; 19 Verwaltungstellen
* [http://www.igmetall-nieder-sachsen-anhalt.de Bezirk Niedersachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt] ( Lower Saxony + Saxony-Anhalt ) headquarters located in Hanover; 20 Verwaltungstellen
* [http://www.nrw.igmetall.de Bezirk Nordrhein-Westfalen] ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) headquarters located in Düsseldorf; 47 VerwaltungstellenMiscellaneous
"metall" magazine
The IGM magazine "metallzeitung" has existed since 1949. In 2005 it had a circulation of over 2 million per issue. There are 12 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 2003-2007: Jürgen Peters // 2nd chairman: Berthold Huber 2007- : Berthold Huber // 2nd chairman: Detlef Wetzel
External links
* [http://www.igmetall.de/ German homepage]
* [http://www.igmetall.de/cps/rde/xchg/internet/style.xsl/view_3818.htm 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 GermanFurther reading
* Thelen, Kathleen. 1993. West European Labor in Transition: Sweden and Germany Compared. "World Politics" 46, no. 1 (October): 23-49.
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