Tesla Inc. employees demand. In Germany with better working conditions, which leads to pressure on the manufacturer -led manufacturer, which competes with the decline in sales in the largest car market in Europe.
The IG Metall Federation said on Thursday that more than 3,000 workers at the Tesla Factory near Berlin signed a petition requesting more breaks and best employees and ending the intimidation tactics in the administration. The employees have long been exhausted and they will have to bear a lot as soon as Tesla collects the Y.Restructuring the assembly linesUnionists said.
“There is often no time to drink or go to the toilet,” members of the Tesla Business Council said in a statement in a statement. “Nobody can continue like this until he retires.”
Tesla's reputation has deteriorated in the largest economy in Europe since musk Support The right -wing AFD party during the German election campaign and became a major adviser to US President Donald Trump. The company's sales in the country 76 % decreased last month.
The indignation about the only Tesla car factory in Europe has mocked years, as activists claim that the site uses a lot of water and pose a threat to the environment. Tesla also had to deal withAttacksOn the surrounding railway infrastructure. Last year, Musk said it wasLooking atHigh levels of absenteeism in the factory in the small town of Gauned.
Unionists are planning to deliver the petition to the Tesla administration during the Workers' Association on Thursday. It is not clear whether it will succeed in changing the conditions in the factory. IG Metall members are the largest one -set in the Tesla Work Council but they have no majority. The factory employs about 10,500 people, according to the union estimates.
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