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Hamburg (dpa) - IG Metall wants to use all its might to oppose the massive reconstruction plans at the aircraft manufacturer Airbus.
"We will not support that," said the district manager of the IG Metall coast, Daniel Friedrich, on Thursday the German press agency.
The union fears cuts for employees and the possibility of a sale in the longer term.
"Subsidiary tomorrow, sold the day after tomorrow?"
it says in a leaflet from the Airbus works council that the dpa is available.
Outsourcing always meant this danger, said Friedrich.
"This is the only way to make a shoe out of it from Airbus' point of view."
The optimization of the production processes is possible within the existing structures.
Airbus announced the day before that aircraft production in Germany and France would be restructured.
To this end, new companies are to be founded in each of the two countries that are wholly owned by Airbus.
In addition, a new unit based in Germany is to be founded, which will concentrate on the production of individual parts and small components.
The new structure is justified by the challenges in aircraft construction, which in addition to the consequences of the corona pandemic, which are likely to last for years, also include the development of new, emission-free aircraft.
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"We are happy to help shape lean and efficient structures in the value chain, if this also benefits the locations and employees at Airbus," emphasized IG Metall board member Jürgen Kerner in Frankfurt.
However, the union will organize resistance “against the break-up of sites”.
"We expect the federal government, which gives Airbus massive support in both the military and civilian areas, to prevent this break-up."
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