College round wood and plastic 2021 Wood and plastic: warning strikes continue

The entire early shift stands outside in front of the goal at the German prefabricated house Holding (DFH) in Simmern (Rhineland-Palatinate).Over 200 employees are from 12.30 a.m. in the warning strike.Production and logistics at Germany's largest prefabricated house manufacturer stands entirely for two hours.Painful for the management.The order books are full.DFH hardly comes after."Born to be wild" booms out of the boxes.IG Metall Bad Kreuznach brought a DJ with it.

The tariff round in the wood and plastic processing industry is far from over.There are already two tariff degrees in Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemberg-with more money and a doubling of the Demographie Fund for Health and Participation.

But the employers whine and have so far not sent signals that they will also take over the tariff result in other tariff areas.“Nothing works underneath.We will not accept cuts for Rhineland-Palatinate, ”made Christian Möckel from IG Metall Bad Kreuznach-with thundering applause from the DFH employees.The DJ lets the "Thunderstruck" from AC/DC thunder from the boxes.

"I do not expect our employers to take over the collective agreement with us so easily," says the deputy chairman of the works council of DFH, Lydia Ott, who is also a member of the IG Metall tariff and negotiation commission in Rhineland-Palatinate.

So far, around 24,000 employees have participated in the actions and warning strikes of IG Metall nationwide and put pressure on employers.But that won't be enough yet.Other warning strikes are planned.In many tariff areas of the wood and plastic industry, negotiations will still be pending in the next few weeks.The first negotiation date for Rhineland-Palatinate is planned for the 10.November.