GERMANY/UNITED KINGDOM: IG METALL, GERMANY'S LARGEST INDUSTRIAL UNION CALLS FOR ALL OUT STRIKE AFTER PAY TALKS COLLAPSE

Record ID: 980684

  • Title: GERMANY/UNITED KINGDOM: IG METALL, GERMANY'S LARGEST INDUSTRIAL UNION CALLS FOR ALL OUT STRIKE AFTER PAY TALKS COLLAPSE
  • Date: 12th February 1999
  • Summary: RUESSELSHEIM, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 11, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV OF STRIKING METALS AND ENGINEERING WORKERS OF THE IG METALL UNION MARCHING WITH BANNER (2 SHOTS) 0.18 2. CU MAN MARCHING AND BANGING DRUM /WORKERS MARCHING 0.28 3. CU OF WORKERS PROTEST POSTERS AT RALLY /WORKERS CLAPPING SPEAKER 0.40 4. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) RUDOLF MUELLER, WORKS COUNCIL LEADER FOR OPEL AG, SPEAKING AT RALLY : "They want to buy us for peanuts. This won't work. We are not the milk-cows of the nation." 1.00 5. SCU MAN AT RALLY, WEARING DECORATED HEADBAND WITH FIGURES 6.5 (THE AMOUNT OF PAY CLAIM) 1.07 6. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) PETER KORIGOWSKI, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF IG METALL TRADE UNION: "We can't allow this wage-policy roller-coaster to continue." 1.17 7. TV OF PROTEST RALLY AND BANNERS 1.25 LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 11, 1999) (REUTERS TELEVISION - ACCESS ALL) 8. SCU [SOUNDBITE] (English) EDWIN GRANDINGER, FRANKFURT MONEY STRATEGIST SAYING: And finally Helmut Kohl (former German Chancellor) asked the unions in the last few years to have moderate wage demands and they accepted that. And in the last 3 years also seen soaring stock markets and corporate profits. And what happened, German corporations usually had to lay off workers and move their headquarters out of Germany. This is the reason this year for the unions to go on strike. And this is the difference between now and the last couple of years." 1.54 RUESSELSHEIM, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 11, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 9. TV OF WORKERS DEMONSTRATION (2 SHOTS) 2.20 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: RUESSELSHEIM, GERMANY/ LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
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