Tesla Inc. employees in Germany require better working conditions, losing pressure on the manufacturer led by Elon Musk who faces a collapse of sales market in Europe.
More than 3,000 Tesla factory workers, near Berlin, signed a petition requiring more breaks, better endowments and end to management tactics, Union Ig Metall announced on Thursday. Employees have long been overloaded for a long time and will have to support too much once Tesla increases the exit from the Y model afterRenovation of mounting linessaid trade unionists.
“There is often not even time to drink or go to the toilet,” the members of the Tesla’s works council in a press release said. “No one can continue like this until retired.”
Tesla’s reputation in the greatest economy in Europe has deteriorated since musk approved The right -wing AFD party during the German electoral campaign and became the main adviser to US President Donald Trump. Business sales in the country dropped 76% last month.
Discovery has revolved around the Tesla solitary car factory in Europe for years, activists saying that the site uses too much water and is a threat to the environment. Tesla also had to faceattackson surrounding rail infrastructure. Last year, Musk said he waslook inHigh rate of absenteeism at the factory of the small town of Grünheide.
The trade unionists plan to give the petition to the management of Tesla at the assembly of workers on Thursday. We do not know if he will manage to change the conditions of the factory. The members of the IG Metall form the largest unique group of the Tesla works council but have no majority. The factory employs around 10,500 people, according to union estimates.
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