Jörg Hofmann (born 3 December 1955) is a German trade union leader. Born in Oppelsbohm, Hofmann studied agriculture, then went to university to study economics. He found work as a researcher at the Institute for Industrial Management at the

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. In 1982, he moved to work for the trade union

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as an expert on new technologies. In 1987, Hofmann became secretary of IG Metall's

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office, also establishing a new office in

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after the fall of the

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. In 1999, he became the union's director for

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, then vice-president of the union in 2013, and president in 2015. The following year, he also became president of the

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. Under his leadership, IG Metall negotiated a major collective agreement for metal and electrical workers, giving them more rights to determine their working hours. Hofmann has also sat on various government committees on the future of work, globalisation, and digitalisation. In 2019, Hofmann was re-elected as president of IG Metall with 71% of the vote, the second lowest vote share for any of the union's presidents. ''Reuters'' speculated that this was due a defeat on collective bargaining in East Germany, and internal power struggles.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hofmann, Jorg 1955 births Living people German trade union leaders People from Rems-Murr-Kreis Academic staff of the University of Hohenheim