Overview
- Works council head Ergun Lümali says employee sentiment is tense at the Stuttgart carmaker ahead of the upcoming votes.
- He calls for rapid transparency, clear targets and binding coordination with management, rejecting top-down decisions that could endanger launches and site viability.
- Pressure is most visible at the Sindelfingen plant, where more than 30,000 employees face efficiency drives, faster tempo and cost savings.
- Mercedes reported profit down by nearly 50% last year after earlier declines and has launched a savings program to restore profitability.
- Reports indicate thousands of jobs are being cut as frictions with China and the United States weigh on the export-dependent business.