“According to management, around 40 percent of [300] engineering posts (BTC) and 45 percent of [500] plant jobs are to go by January 2026,” reported IG Metall. “According to management, around 40 percent of [300] engineering posts (BTC) and 45 percent of [500] plant jobs are to go by January 2026,” reported IG Metall. IG Metall has made it its business everywhere to push through the attacks and break workers’ will to fight. On the contrary, IG Metall and all the mainstream unions support the corporations’ attacks. Workers in the car industry must be clear: The IG Metall apparatus and its works council reps are on the other side of the barricades.