Overview
- On Wednesday the Gesamtbetriebsrat, led by Frank Sell, publicly escalated its demands after months of cuts and growing unrest among Mobility staff.
- The works council represents about 74,000 Bosch employees at roughly 40 German sites and says Bosch has been cutting roughly 22,000 jobs in its Mobility unit since late 2023.
- The council called for fast implementation of the Industrial Accelerator Act, stricter rules on the origin of car parts, and the creation of a national taskforce to defend European auto supply chains.
- Workers face frustrated and angry conditions because many roles still depend on combustion-engine parts — the council estimates roughly 40,000 Bosch employees in Europe are tied to that work — while new investments such as hydrogen truck production remain idle due to weak demand.
- Political responses have been limited so far and the council warns that without stronger EU or national measures further job losses and damage to social cohesion are possible, with attention now on how Brussels and Berlin will act.