The Tubeinator Heard Back From YouTube! YouTubers, it's Jörgment Day! 

I just got a call from #YouTube (actually someone I met many years ago in a very different context), and was given the information that YouTube plans to officially accept our request for negotiations and that they plan on doing so next week Tuesday or Wednesday. They will address this to the IG Metall as our official letter of notification came from the office of Christiane Benner.