2,500 Daimler workers will go on strike in Wörth for more money

Among those affected by the strike was the Daimler plant in Wörth. According to the IG Metall union, around 2,500 workers were still outside the factory gates. “It’s just important that people get money back into their wallets,” said IG Metall spokesman Marc Tinger. You hear about many problems at VW, Thyssen Krupp and other companies. “But it’s not the load’s responsibility -it’s a job, it’s up to the management.”

Daimler Truck countered this: “The situation in Germany is by far the most expensive place you can imagine,” said company spokesman Jörg Howe. If you want to preserve the good works here, both sides must move towards each other. Daimler Truck is the second largest employer in Rhineland-Palatinate after BASF. Other strikes took place on Wednesday at the Gienanth iron foundry in Eisenberg, John Deere in Kaiserslautern and Novelis in Koblenz.

IG Metall wants 7 percent more money

IG Metall wants 7 percent more money for a period of twelve months and an increase in training allowances by 170 euros for almost four million workers in the industry across the country. The employers have submitted an initial offer which, with a term more than twice as long as 27 months, amounts to an increase of 3.6 percent in two stages.

Joint negotiation tour on Thursday in Mainz – demo over the Theodor Heuss Bridge

The talks for the Mitte region will continue on Thursday from 4pm in Mainz. A cross-border demonstration across the Rhine is expected this morning from 11:15am. According to the union, the action will start in the Mainz-Kastel area of ​​Wiesbaden, and the route will continue over the Theodor Heuss Bridge to the banks of the Rhine in Mainz – the city where negotiations are taking place. Warning strikes are expected on Thursday in 38 companies in Rhineland-Palatinate.

A wave of strikes began on Tuesday

The current wave of strikes began on Tuesday. The IG Metall union called a total of 13 metal and electrical companies in Rhineland-Palatinate to stop work. According to the union, around 71,000 people in more than 370 companies throughout Germany followed the call. Packaging steel manufacturer thyssenkrupp Rasselstein started in Andernach. Marcus Eulenbach, spokesman for IG Metall Neuwied, described the protest in Andernach as a success.

In the Bad Kreuznach area, KHS GmbH & Schneider-Kreuznach Group and Pall Filtersystems GmbH, among others, went on strike. Workers also took part in the strikes at the Opel plant in Kaiserslautern. The workers at the car supplier Hörmann Automotive gathered in Gustavsburg at 1:00 am. There was also a strike at the Adient Rockenhausen plant and at Novelis in Koblenz.