At the Tesla factory in Grünheide, near Berlin, the conflict between management and unionised employees is intensifying once again. During the summer, company management reorganised work processes and working hours in such a way that break times were reduced, without communicating the change properly, something it has acknowledged. To thank employees for their supposed understanding of the measures, the company’s management then distributed 10,000 cereal bars on the suggestion of ‘Faction 23’,
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.