IG Metall (German: Industriegewerkschaft Metall, English: "Industrial Union of Metalworkers'") is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany, making it the country's largest union as well as Europe's largest industrial union. Analysts of German labor relations consider it a major trend-setter in national bargaining. * 5 day work week (1959) * Paid vacation time consessions (1962) * 40 hr work week (1965–67) * Paid sick leave (1970) * 35 hr work week (attempts not yet successful 1984) * 34 hr work week in metal industry (1995)