IGM

German Metalworkers' Union
Industriegewerkschaft Metall
Members	2.4 million
Country	Germany
Affiliation	DGB
Key people	Jürgen Peters, president
Office location	Frankfurt, Germany
Website	www.igmetall.de

IG Metall (German: 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 workers in the motor vehicle industry. Significantly, IG Metall represents both blue- and white-collar workers. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The German Confederation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) is an umbrella organisation (sometimes known as a national trade union center) for eight German trade unions, in total representing more than 7 million people (31 December 2004). ... For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... A trade union or labor union is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ... A Boeing employee speaks at an industrial relations rally The field of labor relations looks at the relationship between management and workers, particularly groups of workers represented by a labor union. ...

On April 1, 1998 the Gewerkschaft Textil und Bekleidung (GTB), the trade union of textile and clothing joined IGM.
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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. The German Confederation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) is an umbrella organisation (sometimes known as a national trade union center) for eight German trade unions, in total representing more than 7 million people (31 December 2004). ...

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

metall

The IGM magazine metall has existed since 1949.
In 2005 it had 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

Organized Labour Portal

• 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

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Further reading

• Thelen, Kathleen. 1993. West European Labor in Transition: Sweden and Germany Compared. World Politics 46, no. 1 (October): 23-49.