The IG Metall between Reunification and Financial Crisis of 2008 : Selected events of the contemporary German history of trade unions
2016
Abstract
In 2016, the IG Metall celebrates its 125th anniversary. On this occasion, historian Boris Barth reviews selected stages of the union's history over the past 25 years.
In the foreground are the effects of central historical events such as reunification, the economically and politically complex 1990s and selected strikes on the development within the union. He also analyzes individual aspects of trade union organization, the cautious trade union reforms of the 2000s and the consequences of the major financial market crisis of 2008.