Germany : press comments on the AEG agreement and the conflict in the public sector

Press review from Monday February 27th to Friday March 3rd. The German press comments on the conflict at AEG and the agreement concluded between IG Metall and the management. Also in the news: the ongoing strike in the public sector. (Ref.06207)

Through . Published on 06 March 2006 Ă  11h04 - Update on 21 March 2013 Ă  22h19

The agreement at AEG. After a five-weeks strike, Electrolux and the trade union IG Metall have reached a compromise on the compensation the 1750 AEG employees that will be fired.

According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), IG Metall wanted to show its power in this conflict. The conservative daily newspaper considers that “IG Metall has
transformed this strike into a symbolical fight against the dislocation of German jobs in countries with low salaries”.…

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