Bremen-Findorff: Stra-employed people fight for job shift!

Der Warnstreik in Bremen-Findorff am 26. Juni 2025 fordert den Erhalt von 400 Arbeitsplätzen gegen Verlagerungen ins Ausland.
The warning strike in Bremen-Findorff on June 26, 2025 calls for 400 jobs against relocations abroad. (Symbolbild/MB)

Bremen-Findorff: Stra-employed people fight for job shift!

in Bremen-Findorff is currently playing a significant conflict of work. The traditional company Gestra, known for the manufacture of valves, fittings and control systems for power plants, will be strike next Thursday. The IG Metall union called for a demonstration train because the workforce fights against the impending relocation of a quarter of around 400 jobs abroad. These plans affect the locations in England, France and India, and the waves are running up. Buten and Binnen Mother Group Spirax are that they have secretly prepared the relocation. According to IG Metall, this contradicts the legal requirements for open to results in negotiations.

For weeks, the works council and IG Metall have been committed to a social collective agreement and a future concept for the Bremen employees. The fears of the workers are more than understandable inside when you consider that relocations like this can often have profound effects on the families and the entire region.

comparison to other companies

There are currently similar worries in other companies, such as at GKN Driveline, where mobilized against planned relocations. A social collective bargaining agreement was negotiated there, which should offer employees in the Zwickau-Mosel workshop security until 2029. Here, an impressive 96.16 percent of IG Metall members voted for the state of negotiations. This shows how important solidarity action is in the current situation. The relocations to low-wage countries are a central theme in the entire industry. IG Metall reports that the employees at GKN in the event of terminations pro Years receive a year - an example that shows that the employees do not have to give themselves up without a fight.

unions play a crucial role, not only in Bremen, but throughout Germany. With the change in industry and the challenges that new technologies have, the trade union history shows that the struggle for fair conditions and perspectives never stops. The year 2024 announces with important increases in tariffs and just as explosive topics as the introduction of basic childcare. Change is still underway-and in these times it is essential.

The upcoming actions in Bremen-Findorff are not only an expression of resistance to impending job losses, but also part of a large whole that is important for many employees in the country. Here it is important to show a good hand and clearly and determine the concerns. The conversations with the company management are far from complete, and it remains to be seen how the situation will develop.

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