The Munich truck manufacturer MAN is increasing the pressure on its employees.
According to the works council, the VW subsidiary wants to terminate the employment guarantee.
The works council announces massive resistance.
The situation is serious at
the Munich truck manufacturer
MAN
.
The
VW
subsidiary wants to cut a total of 9500 jobs.
The main plant in
Munich
is facing a profound restructuring
Munich - The Munich-based truck manufacturer
MAN
takes drastic measures with the planned reduction of 9,500 jobs.
The corporation plans to terminate the contracts in force at the job and location security at its German sites as of September 30, said
MAN
-Betriebsratschef
Saki Stimoniaris
at Tuesday's staff meeting loudly about consistent reports of participants.
This would also make operational dismissals possible, said a person familiar with the processes to Merkur.de *.
Stimoniaris said the termination plans are “the bottom drawer.
When the board of directors says there are no taboos, then all options are on the table for us as a workforce. "The influential head of the VW * general works council chairman
Bernd Osterloh also supported
the
MAN
employees: The board of directors was" well advised, if he deals with topics other than this notice period, ”said the unionist in a video message to the employees.
So far, redundancies for operational
reasons were
actually excluded
at the
Traton
subsidiary.
The employment and location security contracts in
Munich
,
Nuremberg
and
Salzgitter
, which were
only extended in 2018,
run until December 31, 2030.
Now the new
MAN
boss
Andreas Tostmann is
tightening
the pace.
MAN: truck manufacturer draws "thunderstorm clause"
Tostmann refers to a corresponding profitability clause (“thunderstorm clause”) in the contracts.
MAN
slipped deep into the red in the first half of the year.
From January to June, the company lost 387 million euros operationally.
Now the
VW
subsidiary is
tightening
the pace.
According to the plans,
a total of 3,000 jobs
are to be cut in
Munich
alone
, according to corporate circles.
That would be every third job.
In future, the entire assembly of heavy commercial vehicles as well as the production of the driver's cabs will be withdrawn from the Bavarian capital and
taken over
by the
Krakow
plant
.
The axle production should also lose the main factory.
In the future, it could be outsourced to external contract manufacturers.
In the
medium term,
MAN
only
wants to
build vehicles with alternative drives at
its main plant
.
Considerably fewer employees would be required for this, it said.
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MAN: The Krakow plant could be massively upgraded
There is also a
risk of massive cuts
at the
Nuremberg
and
Salzgitter
locations
.
After that,
MAN
wants to
shut down component production in Salzgitter and
move
to the
Krakow
plant
.
This could result in a further 1,400 employees losing their jobs, and 1,200 employees in the Nuremberg engine plant are threatened with death.
MAN
also
wants to
thin out its German sales and service network considerably.
This could cost another 1,500 jobs, it is said.
A group spokesman declined to comment on Tuesday with reference to the upcoming negotiations with the works council.
In the
face of digitization, automation and the change to alternative drives,
MAN is
facing a fundamental change in the industry, it just said.
However, the company does not have the money for the corresponding investments.
MAN
surprisingly announced the cut of 9,500 jobs on September 11th.
The plant in the Austrian plant in
Steyr
and the
Plauen
(Saxony) and
Wittlich
(Rhineland-Palatinate)
locations
are up for grabs, it said.
The employees in Steyr, Wittlich and Plauen still hope that their locations will be retained.
But within the group it looks rather bad.
MAN
builds
the light (TGL) and medium series (TGM)
in
Steyr
.
In future they will
roll off the assembly line at
the
MAN plant
in
Ankara
.
The governor of Upper Austria Thomas Stelzer warned Merkur.de * of a possible closure, including the suppliers, around 4400 jobs.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital network.