Tesla has introduced that it’s going to completely rent 500 non permanent staff at Gigafactory Berlin, a win for the native employee council.
Tesla made the announcement at present (by way of Reuters)”
Tesla on Thursday mentioned it could give everlasting jobs from Nov. 1 to 500 non permanent staff at its German gigafactory close to Berlin, in what the U.S. electrical carmaker referred to as an “optimistic evaluation of the additional growth of e-car manufacturing”.
The transfer was made on the request of the employee’s council at Gigafactory Berlin.
In Germany, there’s a type of union construction the place workers kind native employee councils to barter administration. They aren’t essentially linked to a broader union, however unions could be influential inside a employee’s council.
Earlier this yr, a majority of Tesla Gigafactory Berlin staff voted in opposition to union representatives of IG Metall of their new work council, however the union has nonetheless made vital progress securing about 40% of the seats on the council.
Tesla. which is notoriously anti-unions, made certain to let everybody know that IG Metall had nothing to do with this choice to completely rent 500 present non permanent staff.
It’s extra concerning the firm’s confidence in its enterprise. Tesla mentioned:
At a time when many firms are speaking about job cuts and plant closures, the information {that a} additional 500 individuals can be supplied a long-term perspective at Tesla in a everlasting place is especially pleasing.
At Gigafactory Berlin, Tesla is presently solely producing the Mannequin Y for European markets. The manufacturing price is believed to be about 5,000 items per week.
The corporate employs about 12,000 individuals on the manufacturing unit.
CEO Elon Musk mentioned earlier this yr that Tesla may carry manufacturing of the Tesla Semi, its electrical class 8 truck, on the manufacturing unit for European distribution.
