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Stuttgart / Rastatt / Bremen (dpa) - In view of global delivery bottlenecks of important electronic components, the car manufacturer Daimler is initially sending thousands of employees back into short-time work at at least two locations.
According to dpa information, the majority of the employees at the Mercedes plants in Rastatt and Bremen are affected.
On Wednesday, Daimler announced on request that short-time work had been applied for from this Friday to the end of next week for the employees concerned at both locations.
More than 12,000 people are employed in the Bremen plant and around 6,500 in Rastatt. According to the company, employees in “strategic projects” and so-called basic functions are excluded from short-time working at both locations, including Daimler in the areas of maintenance and supply as well as qualification topics.
First, local media reported on the short-time work plans at the respective locations.
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The employees at both plants and at the location in Kecskemét, Hungary, had already been put on short-time work at the beginning of the year due to the chip crisis.
Upon request, Daimler did not comment in detail on the question of whether short-time work was now also planned for other plants.
The only thing that was said was that they were in contact with the semiconductor suppliers and that they would “if necessary” adapt the “operating modes in individual plants”.
The situation is volatile, you drive on sight.
The worldwide problems with the replenishment of electronic chips have also forced other car companies to interrupt production for weeks.
Most recently, for example, Volkswagen had sent thousands of employees at the Emden plant on short-time work.
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