In Munich, this week members of Siemens-works councils from around the world meet for the 4th time since 2005. Mutual information and co-ordination aim to establish what's been business as usual on the management's side for years: communication and joint action regardless of national boundaries.

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Difficult negotiations have led to an agreement about Siemens' railway plant in Prague in the end of August. The conditions for the employees set a new benchmark for countries Eastern Europe that joined the European Union in the last years.

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Siemens' plans to close its railway plant in Prague provokes strong resistance. The IG Metall issued an announcement supporting the employees' fight for their jobs. The latter organized a first strike that took place for two hours on Wednesday.

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Following massive protests of employees all over Germany, Siemens and employee representatives have agreed on a basis for discussions on the planned restructuring. The key points for further procedings have been agreed by IG Metall, representatives of the Central Works Council and corporate management in a "points of agreement" paper.

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Rumors have been going around since Siemens CEO Peter Löscher announced plans to cut up to 20% off the Selling, General & Administrative Expenses. That was in November 2007 - now the details are in the open.

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Compliance is an important point not only to Siemens Corporate, but alos to its European Works Council Siemens Europe committee (SEC). A joint statement defines basic aspects on which both sides agree.

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Siemens' General Works Council and the IG Metall declare themselves upset and shocked by Siemens' ad-hoc announcement of Monday to cut the earnings forecast by nearly a billion Euro. Ralf Heckmann, Chairman of the Works Council, and IG Metall's Chairman Berthold Huber, both also members of the supervisory board, are alerted by the dimension of the problems and the heavy impacts on the economic sit

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Peter Löscher plans not only to reduce administrative costs and Siemens' "other operations": the structures outside Germany will be concentrated and streamlined.

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Rising anger at SIS in Great Britain: While annual staff bonuses have been cancelled for this year, the Management Bonus Scheme provides up to the double of annual salaries for some managers. The union PCS demands explainations and pursues this unfair treatment of staff.

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IG Metall and the General Works Council of Siemens in Germany have released a statement regarding the plans for restructuring of Siemens Company as discussed and decided by its supervisory board on November 28th.

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The full report on the 3rd international Siemens-workshop is now online:

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43 Siemens trade unionists and works councils members of 17 countries of Europe, Asia and America have met in Frankfurt at the 25th and 26th of October 2007 to discuss the worldwide situation of employees and working conditions in their company.

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Siemens' multinational structures have impact on employees from Bangalore to Bayreuth in many ways; resources, facilities, jobs and budgets go around the world with the click of a mouse. The Siemens Team of the German IG Metall organizes an International Workshop for employee representants from 17 countries in order to keep up with these international structures.

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Klaus Kleinfeld will leave Siemens. New chairman of the Supervisory Board Gerhard Cromme is following Heinrich von Pierer who resigned. The IG-Metall members of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG released following declaration on these personal changes.

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Statement by Berthold Huber, Deputy Chairman of IG Metall, on the resignation of Heinrich von Pierer as Chairman of the Supervisory Board

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