Germany: 400,000 metal workers walk off the job More than 400,000 workers in the metal and electrical industry in Germany have joined warning strikes since the end of the no-strike period on November 1. Workers conducted 3,800 strike actions across the country, including at the Audi, Mercedes Benz, B. from. Woo and Porsche. The IG Metall union is demanding a 5% wage increase over 12 months, plus guarantees on jobs and plant locations. Employers proposed 20 months with no increase at all, followed by a 1.3% increase in July 2028. They are also threatening further cuts. The biggest protest was in Kersol on Thursday. About 6,500 workers from Audi and neighboring factories marched to the rally there. Volkswagen has put the Audi factory on the list of sites that may be closed. At the Porsche Zuffenhausen factory in Stuttgart, 3,500 workers put down their tools. At the Audi headquarters in Ingolstadt, 3,000 went out on the night shift.

Germany: 400,000 metal workers walk off the job More than 400,000 workers in the metal and electrical industry in Germany have joined warning strikes since the end of the no-strike period on November 1. Workers conducted 3,800 strike actions across the country, including at the Audi, Mercedes Benz, B. from. Woo and Porsche. The IG Metall union is demanding a 5% wage increase over 12 months, plus guarantees on jobs and plant locations. Employers proposed 20 months with no increase at all, followed by a 1.3% increase in July 2028. They are also threatening further cuts. The biggest protest was in Kersol on Thursday. About 6,500 workers from Audi and neighboring factories marched to the rally there. Volkswagen has put the Audi factory on the list of sites that may be closed. At the Porsche Zuffenhausen factory in Stuttgart, 3,500 workers put down their tools. At the Audi headquarters in Ingolstadt, 3,000 went out on the night shift.