“I want to keep my job” – that’s what it says on a protest poster in Arnstadt. At other locations of the automotive supplier Bosch, too, people fear for their jobs.
Thousands of Bosch employees protested against the job cuts, according to the union. In Bühl in Baden alone there were around 3,000 people, IG Metall announced on Friday.
In front of the auto supplier’s plant in Munich, almost 600 people demonstrated against the closure of the site. According to IG Metall, around 300 Bosch employees took to the streets in Arnstadt, Thuringia.
The Baden-Württemberg IG Metall boss Roman Zitzelsberger said that relocations to low-wage countries were increasing – and not just at Bosch. Bosch managing director Filiz Albrecht expressed understanding for the concern about jobs. Bosch is aware of its corporate responsibility.
The auto industry must make a rapid transition from gasoline and diesel cars to electric cars in order to comply with the EU’s climate requirements. The Chairman of the General Works Council of Bosch Mobility Solutions, Frank Sell, criticized: “Bosch divides the workforce into winners and losers of structural change.”
According to the company, around 700 full-time jobs are to be cut in a socially acceptable manner in Bühl by 2025, and less than half is to be relocated to Eastern Europe. In Munich, which has around 265 employees, there is talk of moving industrial production to other locations, according to Bosch. Robert Bosch Elektronik Thüringen GmbH intends to cease operations in Arnstadt because there will soon be no more orders. According to the company, 100 of the 160 jobs at the site are affected.
Source From: Stern
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