The car industry has big worries. The supplier Weber Magdeburg GmbH is in trouble. Porsche stops all orders for this company. Now the company needs to file for insolvency. In Magdeburg 140 people lose their jobs. Other factories are also in trouble. A competitor from Thuringia gets the orders now. This company pays less money to its workers. At Mercedes-Benz there is a big protest. Thousands of people walk on the street. The board wants to save much money. They delay extra payments for the employees. In Sindelfingen many people come together. The union IG Metall talks about 20.000 people. The company says there were 10.000 people. The fight about the costs continues.
Worries in the car industry
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Definitions
- Insolvency
- Insolvency means a company has no more money. It cannot pay its bills. A court checks how the company continues.
- Union
- A union is a group of workers. They fight for better work conditions and more money.
- Supplier
- A supplier is a company that makes parts for another company. For example a supplier builds engine parts for Porsche.
People
- André Voß
- He works for the union IG Metall in Magdeburg.
- Ergun Lümali
- He is the head of the works council at Mercedes-Benz.
Locations
- Magdeburg
- Magdeburg is a city in Germany.
- Sindelfingen
- Sindelfingen is a city with a big car factory.
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