GERMANY REVOLTS: Mahle Strike Erupts As German Plant Closure Cuts 400 Jobs | Times Now World

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Hundreds of automotive supply workers launched an indefinite strike outside the Mahle factory gates in Neustadt an der Donau on Tuesday, setting up blockades and lighting red flares to protest management's sudden decision to shutter the profitable facility. Organised by Germany’s largest industrial union, IG Metall, the total halt to production follows a ballot where workers overwhelmingly voted for maximum escalation to safeguard 400 local jobs threatened by a 2027 permanent closure plan. Union leaders fiercely condemned the automotive supplier's restructuring strategy, accusing executives of acting on "ideological insanity" by dismantling an economically successful, climate-oriented plant to relocate operations to Slovakia and China. Amid fears that the restructuring could eventually wipe out at least 10,000 industrial positions across the country, local workers have vowed to maintain the blockade until serious counter-proposals are presented, with several emotional strikers publicly

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