Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) – Employees at Daimler sent tens of thousands of postcards to the German carmaker’s management on Thursday to protest restructuring and savings plans.
The works council and trade union IG Metall handed over 50,000 cards with the demands of workers at Daimler’s headquarters in Stuttgart.
Employee representatives described it as the first such stunt in the history of the company.
Behind the postcards are people who made Daimler the large successful company that it is today, works council chairman Michael Brecht said.
“Company management must use this experience that we have in the future. Listen to us and let the employees be part of the change,” he added.
The works council and IG Metall have become increasingly loud in their opposition to the planned overhaul and have accused management of treating employees poorly.
A focus of the dispute has been the future of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertuerkheim.
According to information from the employees’ side, 4,000 of the approximately 19,000 jobs there are to be eliminated by 2025.
Daimler has said its restructuring is necessary as a result of the changing automotive industry, as well as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on business.
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