IG Metall
Membership
Membership
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Today IG Metall mainly represents employees at major car makers, such as [Daimler](/wiki/Daimler_AG "Daimler AG"), [BMW](/wiki/BMW "BMW"), [Porsche](/wiki/Porsche "Porsche"), [Volkswagen](/wiki/Volkswagen "Volkswagen"), [Audi](/wiki/Audi "Audi") and industrial giants such as [Siemens](/wiki/Siemens "Siemens"), [ThyssenKrupp](/wiki/ThyssenKrupp "ThyssenKrupp"), [Airbus](/wiki/Airbus "Airbus"), [Salzgitter AG](/wiki/Salzgitter_AG "Salzgitter AG"), [ArcelorMittal](/wiki/ArcelorMittal "ArcelorMittal"), [Bosch](/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbH "Robert Bosch GmbH"), [ZF](/wiki/ZF_Friedrichshafen "ZF Friedrichshafen") and smaller mechanic construction companies and car\-mechanics. Its membership had been dropping in recent decades — it lost 250,000 members in 1993 alone —,Nathaniel Cushing Nash (February 19, 1995\), [In a Charged Climate, German Union Takes Strike Vote Tomorrow](https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/19/world/in-a-charged-climate-german-union-takes-strike-vote-tomorrow.html) *[The New York Times](/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*. yet the union managed to somewhat reverse that trend recently by gaining 30,000 members between 2010 and 2015\. A record in wage deals, along with a push to recruit more women, young people (e.g. students) and white\-collar workers, helped it boost 2015 membership by 121,000 to 2\.3 million and income by 3\.4 percent to 533 million euros ($582 million); this rise came against a backdrop of generally declining union in Germany.Georgina Prodhan (January 20, 2016\), [German IG Metall union sees economy supporting wage demands](https://www.reuters.com/article/germany-wages-unions-idUSL8N15429I) *[Reuters](/wiki/Reuters "Reuters")*.

### Notable members

* [Norbert Blüm](/wiki/Norbert_Bl%C3%BCm "Norbert Blüm") — former [Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs](/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Labour_and_Social_Affairs "Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs")
* [Sigmar Gabriel](/wiki/Sigmar_Gabriel "Sigmar Gabriel") — former [Vice Chancellor of Germany](/wiki/Vice-Chancellor_of_Germany "Vice-Chancellor of Germany")
* [Hannelore Kraft](/wiki/Hannelore_Kraft "Hannelore Kraft") — former [Minister\-President](/wiki/Minister-president "Minister-president") of [North Rhine\-Westphalia](/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia "North Rhine-Westphalia")
* [Heiko Maas](/wiki/Heiko_Maas "Heiko Maas") — former [Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs](/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_%28Germany%29 "Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)")
* [Hans Matthöfer](/wiki/Hans_Matth%C3%B6fer "Hans Matthöfer") — former [Federal Minister of Finance](/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Finance_%28Germany%29 "Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)")
* [Andrea Nahles](/wiki/Andrea_Nahles "Andrea Nahles") — former [Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs](/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Labour_and_Social_Affairs "Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs")
* [Svenja Schulze](/wiki/Svenja_Schulze "Svenja Schulze") — former [Federal Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety](/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_the_Environment%2C_Nature_Conservation_and_Nuclear_Safety "Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety")
* [Carsten Sieling](/wiki/Carsten_Sieling "Carsten Sieling") — former [President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen](/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Bremen "List of mayors of Bremen")

What was the membership trend of IG Metall in recent decades?