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Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the Audi plant in Neckarsulm is threatened with closure. Audi has activated the so-called bad weather clause and demanded negotiations on job cuts and working conditions. The site with more than 15,000 employees must present a viable savings plan within a year; otherwise, closure may loom. Citing assessments from economic experts, Boeminghaus wrote that around 50,000 jobs in the region could be affected by a closure. About 1,000 suppliers depend on production, and up to a quarter of the regional industrial value creation could be lost. He added that it now concerns a total of seven to eight plants, including those of VW, Audi, and Mercedes. He named WELT and dpa as sources. https://t.co/0fbpxaHufh #Automobilindustrie #Neckarsulm #Stellenabbau (translated)

Neckarsulm has great industrial expertise and an impressive history. But tradition alone does not secure a future. Audi CEO Gernot Döllner emphasized that while the Neckarsulm plant is under threat, it does not have to bear the burden alone. #AudiNeckarsulm #Schlechtwetterklausel #Zukunftsängste (translated)

Audi questions the job security at the Neckarsulm plant, as a bad weather clause could allow for operationally related layoffs before the end of 2033, while the workforce is concerned due to the austerity plans and uncertainties about the future of the site. #AudiNeckarsulm #Schlechtwetterklausel #Zukunftsängste (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus stated that Audi has launched a pilot model where employees could voluntarily switch to defense companies like MBDA, Diehl, KNDS, and Airbus for up to 24 months. They would remain employed by Audi and receive their previous salary plus an additional allowance. As background, Boeminghaus mentioned the planned reduction of 7,500 positions at Audi by 2029 and the underutilized plants in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. At the same time, MBDA aims to double its missile production and hire an additional 2,800 employees across Europe. Boeminghaus described the defense industry as a safety net for skilled workers from the pressurized automotive industry. https://t.co/20caQCX5ns #Autoindustrie #Rüstungsindustrie #Deutschland (translated)

Hasnain Kazim remembered the third anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. At that time, he arrived by bicycle in Heidelberg and heard discussions about the attack in the marketplace. The terror had strengthened his resolve to stand against extremism. He described the attack as the largest mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust. Kazim wrote that religiously justified restrictions and violence had occupied him since childhood. He had experienced, among other things, the outrage over a joke by Rudi Carrell about Khomeini, the persecution of Salman Rushdie, and the deaths of more than a dozen acquaintances, friends, and colleagues at the hands of Islamist extremists. He had also found statements that praised Hitler or Osama bin Laden to be profoundly unbearable. Since October 7, 2023, he has observed that Hamas terrorists are celebrated in Germany as well. In Berlin-Neukölln, people distributed candies after the massacre. Kazim also criticized the fact that some young people appeared with keffiyehs and pro-Palestinian slogans without understanding their political and historical significance. He wrote that Hamas fighters and bin Laden are portrayed on TikTok as representatives of the oppressed or as opponents of capitalism. At the same time, Kazim warned of extremists demanding mass "remigration" and threatening people who appeared foreign or Muslim to them. He accused the political center of not rejecting Islamism and the glorification of terror decisively enough and of ceding the political space to others. He did not want to live in a society where extremists set the tone, nor in one where Sharia law prevailed and religious authorities dictated people's lives. Kazim also referred to the vulnerability of people who could be identified as Jewish, as well as the need for protection for restaurants, kindergartens, schools, places of worship, and diplomatic missions. This was neither resistance nor criticism of the Israeli government, he wrote. In conclusion, he commemorated the victims of October 7, wished healing and peace for the injured, and called for the defeat of the terrorists. #Terrorismus #Extremismus #Frieden (translated)

Volkswagen verschärft seinen Sparkurs nochmals deutlich. Der Konzern steht vor weiteren tiefgreifenden Einschnitten. #Volkswagen #VW #Autoindustrie #Arbeitsplätze Sparkurs: Markenchef Thomas Schäfer kündigte am 21. September 2026 an, beim laufenden Performance Programm deutlich nachzulegen. Volkswagen plant in Deutschland den Abbau von 25.000 Arbeitsplätzen und will seine Strukturen weiter anpassen. Standorte: Anfang September billigte der Aufsichtsrat einen weiteren Sparplan mit zusätzlichen Stellenstreichungen weltweit. Die Fertigung in Emden, Zwickau, Hannover und Neckarsulm steht langfristig zur Disposition, während Volkswagen seine Konzernrendite bis 2030 auf neun Prozent steigern will. Volkswagen steht damit vor einem umfangreichen Umbau, der weitere Einschnitte bei Beschäftigung und Produktionsstrukturen erwarten lässt. Vielen Dank für den wichtigen Hinweis! Quelle: (WirtschaftsWoche) https://t.co/hx3fJK9G5L #Volkswagen #Autoindustrie #Arbeitsplätze

Bundesarbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas fordert von Volkswagen den Erhalt der Produktionsstätten in Neckarsulm, Hannover, Emden und Zwickau und dringt auf zukunftsfähige Lösungen, während ein Sparpaket weltweit etwa 50.000 Stellen, davon die Hälfte in Deutschland, gefährdet. #VW #Arbeitsplätze #Elektromobilität

Volkswagen stellt seine Markenstrategie neu auf. Seat könnte spätestens Ende 2029 vollständig vom Markt verschwinden. #Volkswagen #Seat #Autoindustrie #Industrie Markenumbau: Laut einem Bericht der WirtschaftsWoche plant der Volkswagen Vorstand, die Marke Seat spätestens Ende 2029 auslaufen zu lassen. Seat soll im Zielbild für 2030 nicht mehr als eigenständiger Bestandteil geführt werden, während die strategische Entwicklung stärker auf Cupra konzentriert werden soll. Konzernumbau: Der Aufsichtsrat von Volkswagen soll am 4. September 2026 über weitere Maßnahmen beraten. Neben der Zukunft von Seat stehen laut Bericht auch die langfristigen Perspektiven der Werke in Zwickau, Emden, Hannover und Neckarsulm sowie ein möglicher weiterer Stellenabbau zur Diskussion. Die geplanten Veränderungen zeigen, wie tiefgreifend Volkswagen seine Strukturen angesichts des internationalen Wettbewerbs und des hohen Kostendrucks neu ordnen muss. Vielen Dank für den wichtigen Hinweis! Quelle: ntv https://t.co/RjsJA0QAPD #Volkswagen #Autoindustrie #Markenumbau

Volkswagen kann am von IG Metall, SPD & Grünen geprägten Aufsichtsrat vorbei keine Werksschließungen beschließen. Deswegen lässt der Vorstand die Werke einfach auslaufen. > Emden 2031 > Zwickau 2031 > Hannover 2032 > Neckarsulm 2034 Keine neuen Modelle, keine Arbeit mehr, keine Mitarbeiter mehr. Die Zeche zahlen die Aktionäre. Längst nicht mehr wirtschaftliche Werke werden noch einige Jahre weiter durchgeschleppt. #Volkswagen #Werksschließungen #IGMetall