IG Metall

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Headquarters in Frankfurt

**IGM**

German Metalworkers' Union
Industriegewerkschaft Metall
Members	2.4 million
Country	Germany
Affiliation	DGB
Key people	Berthold Huber, president
Office location	Frankfurt, Germany
Website	www.igmetall.de

IG Metall (German: Industriegewerkschaft Metall, "Industrial Union of Metalworkers'") is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany. Analysts of German labor relations consider it a major trend-setter in national bargaining. As a metalworkers' union, it represents workers in the motor vehicle industry. Significantly, IG Metall represents both blue- and white-collar workers.

On April 1, 1998 the Gewerkschaft Textil und Bekleidung (GTB), the trade union of textile and clothing joined IGM.
On January 1, 2000 the Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff (GHK), the trade union of wood and plastics joined IGM.

IGM is a member of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB), the German trade union confederation.
IGM is also a member of some international union umbrella organisations.

1 Organisation structure
2 Miscellaneous
- 2.1 metall magazine
- 2.2 Chairmen
3 External links
4 Further reading

[edit] Organisation structure

IGM consists of 7 Bezirke (districts) which are subdivided in Verwaltungstellen (administrative areas):

Bezirk Baden-Württemberg headquarters located in Stuttgart; 28 Verwaltungstellen
Bezirk Bayern ( Bavaria ) headquarters located in Munich; 21 Verwaltungstellen
Bezirk Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen ( Berlin + Brandenburg + Saxony ) headquarters located in Berlin; 12 Verwaltungstellen
Bezirk Frankfurt ( Saarland + Rhineland-Palatinate + Hesse + Thuringia ) headquarters located in Frankfurt/Main; 27 Verwaltungstellen
Bezirk Küste ( "Küste"= "Sea Coast" ) ( Bremen + Hamburg + Schleswig-Holstein + Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ) headquarters located in Hamburg; 19 Verwaltungstellen
Bezirk Niedersachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt ( Lower Saxony + Saxony-Anhalt ) headquarters located in Hanover; 20 Verwaltungstellen
Bezirk Nordrhein-Westfalen ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) headquarters located in Düsseldorf; 47 Verwaltungstellen

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] metall magazine

The IGM magazine metallzeitung has existed since 1949. In 2005 it had a circulation of over 2 million per issue. There are 12 issues per year.

[edit] Chairmen

1949-1950: Hans Brümmer, Walter Freitag, Wilhelm Petersen
1950-1952: Hans Brümmer      // 2nd chairman: Walter Freitag 
1952-1956: Hans Brümmer      // 2nd chairman: Otto Brenner 
1956-1968: Otto Brenner
1968-1972: Otto Brenner      // 2nd chairman: Eugen Loderer 
1972-1983: Eugen Loderer     // 2nd chairman: Hans Mayr 
1983-1986: Hans Mayr         // 2nd chairman: Franz Steinkühler 
1986-1989: Franz Steinkühler // 2nd chairman: Karl-Heinz Jansen
1989-1993: Franz Steinkühler // 2nd chairman: Klaus Zwickel 
1993-1998: Klaus Zwickel     // 2nd chairman: Walter Riester
1998-2003: Klaus Zwickel     // 2nd chairman: Jürgen Peters
2003-2007: Jürgen Peters     // 2nd chairman: Berthold Huber
2007-    : Berthold Huber    // 2nd chairman: Detlef Wetzel