Overview

• IG Metall staged an action day with several hundred participants in Ludwigsfelde to press for a clear commitment to the plant’s future.
• Union official Jan Otto said 1,800 employees are living with intolerable uncertainty about the site’s prospects.
• Mercedes‑Benz said it has no current plan to close the facility and will continue building Sprinter and E‑Sprinter models as long as demand exists.
• Brandenburg economy minister Daniel Keller indicated the employment guarantee for the site could be extended by a few years.
• A start‑up facility for Van Electric Architecture prototypes has been established in Ludwigsfelde, yet the union says announced projects would cover only a fraction of the workforce.