dabull
May 12th, 2003, 13:06
Is this the reason that nobody has seen their RS6 move into production on their Club Audi Journey Line ?
German Strikers to Target Audi
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) _ DaimlerChrysler, Audi, and John Deere will be among the companies targeted with one-day work stoppages Monday when Germany's biggest industrial union begins its first major strike since 1995, union officials said Friday.
Overall, some 50,000 workers at 21 companies will walk off their jobs in the key Baden-Wuerttemberg region as part of IG Metall union's campaign for higher pay.
Talks broke off April 19 when the union rejected employers' offer of 3.3 percent for 15 months, holding out for 4 percent.
The rolling one-day strikes are intended to disrupt production while not leading to plant shutdowns for lack of parts, union officials say. Workers laid off due to strike action elsewhere don't get unemployment benefits.
"Our strike concept is so responsibly put together that through these flexible strikes no jobs will be endangered, but nonetheless the necessary pressure will be exerted on the employers in order to get a fair result at the bargaining table," said Baden-Wuerttemberg regional union head Berthold Huber.
During the first week, 50 companies will be struck, he said.
The union is targeting DaimlerChrysler plants in Sindelfingen and Stuttgart, Porsche in Stuttgart, John Deere in Mannheim, and Audi in Neckarsulm, officials said.
German Strikers to Target Audi
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) _ DaimlerChrysler, Audi, and John Deere will be among the companies targeted with one-day work stoppages Monday when Germany's biggest industrial union begins its first major strike since 1995, union officials said Friday.
Overall, some 50,000 workers at 21 companies will walk off their jobs in the key Baden-Wuerttemberg region as part of IG Metall union's campaign for higher pay.
Talks broke off April 19 when the union rejected employers' offer of 3.3 percent for 15 months, holding out for 4 percent.
The rolling one-day strikes are intended to disrupt production while not leading to plant shutdowns for lack of parts, union officials say. Workers laid off due to strike action elsewhere don't get unemployment benefits.
"Our strike concept is so responsibly put together that through these flexible strikes no jobs will be endangered, but nonetheless the necessary pressure will be exerted on the employers in order to get a fair result at the bargaining table," said Baden-Wuerttemberg regional union head Berthold Huber.
During the first week, 50 companies will be struck, he said.
The union is targeting DaimlerChrysler plants in Sindelfingen and Stuttgart, Porsche in Stuttgart, John Deere in Mannheim, and Audi in Neckarsulm, officials said.