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Magdeburg (dpa / sa) - In Saxony-Anhalt, collective bargaining for the metal and electrical industry continues.
Representatives of employers and trade unions meet today in Magdeburg for the second round.
The trade union IG Metall wants to achieve a pay increase of four percent in one year.
The state association of the metal and electrical industry (VME) rejects this and wants to enforce a zero round.
In view of the lost sales and ongoing uncertainty in the Corona crisis, the entrepreneurs could not cope with any additional burdens, so the argument.
Collective bargaining for the metal workers is currently underway nationwide, with similar demands from both sides.
Last week, among other things, the collective bargaining parties in neighboring Lower Saxony postponed their negotiations without result.
According to the VME, the collective wage agreement in Saxony-Anhalt applies to around 10,000 employees.
Most of them work in mechanical and plant engineering.
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