The Munich-based truck manufacturer MAN is taking radical measures.
With the end of the job guarantee, the group threatens a tough conflict - with far-reaching consequences for the entire VW group.
The truck manufacturer
MAN
wants to cut 9500 jobs.
In
Munich
alone
, 3,000 jobs could be lost.
Now he has
canceled
the
job guarantee
.
This means that redundancies for operational reasons are also possible.
Now employees fear that other
VW
subsidiaries could also follow suit.
Munich - In the dispute over planned savings at the Munich truck manufacturer
MAN
, the new
MAN
boss
Andreas Tostmann is
now taking radical measures.
According to information from Merkur.de *, the management board of
MAN Truck & Bus
terminated the existing employment and location
security agreement effective
September 30th on Tuesday morning.
This means that the
VW
subsidiary
could
also quit employees for operational reasons.
So far, redundancies for operational reasons have been contractually excluded.
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 wants to have a free hand.
MAN cancels job guarantee - will a wave of layoffs follow?
The move is considered a taboo break at Volkswagen.
The car manufacturer is a stronghold of IG Metall.
Hardly anything goes against the Chairman of the Works Council, Bernd Osterloh, in Wolfsburg.
From
MAN
circles it is said that Tostmann is
unlikely to have terminated
the job security "without backing from the
VW
board".
The step could therefore also be an indication of a fundamental realignment in the relationship between the company and employee representatives within the entire Volkswagen Group.
"If the
MAN
executive board now pulls this through, then the employment security contracts with other VW subsidiaries are no longer worth much," said a Munich
MAN
employee on Tuesday.
The social partnership that has grown over decades is at stake.
In mid-September,
MAN
announced that it would cut a total of 9,500 jobs.
The plant in
Steyr
(Austria) as well as the
Plauen
(Saxony) and
Wittlich
(Rhineland-Palatinate)
locations
are up for grabs.
There are also signs of a comprehensive realignment of the group.
MAN: Far-reaching conversion plans
After that, the production of heavy trucks and driver's cabs is to be withdrawn from the main plant in Munich and
relocated to
the
MAN plant
in Krakow.
The axle production in
Munich
could also be
outsourced
to suppliers.
3000 jobs would be at stake in Munich alone.
A further 1,300 jobs could be cut in the
MAN
engine plant in
Nuremberg
.
Tostmann also wants to cut another 1,500 jobs in the German service and sales network.
For this purpose, component production is to be
withdrawn
from
Salzgitter
and also relocated to
Krakow
.
This would affect a further 1,400 employees.
In view of the plans, the
MAN works council
had already announced massive resistance.
"If the board says there are no taboos, then lie for us as staff, all options on the table", had
MAN
-Betriebsratscheft
Saki Stimoniaris
said.
