After weeks of dispute between
Thyssenkrupp and IG Metall over the future of the steel division, the parties
are approaching each other.
In an agreement in principle,
Thyssenkrupp AG, the EPCG holding company of Czech investor Daniel Kretinsky,
the Thyssenkrupp Steel Supervisory Board and Thyssenkrupp Steel have agreed
that compulsory redundancies should be ruled out, the Group announced on
Monday. In addition, a monitoring commission to be set up in the near future
with the involvement of co-determination and IG Metall will be permanently
involved in the process of structural realignment.
(Report by Tom Käckenhoff, edited
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