Overview
- Works council chief Ibrahim Aslan says management has raised relocating development and production to lower‑wage countries and outsourcing entire business units and model lines.
- The caution focuses on Zuffenhausen and Weissach plus smaller German sites, where about 23,000 people work and up to roughly 5,500 positions could be at risk.
- Employee representatives are demanding an employment guarantee through 2035, extending the current protection that runs until mid‑2030.
- Porsche states the industry faces immense challenges, argues that competitiveness requires significant cost optimizations, and says the negotiations remain confidential.
- An earlier February deal already targeted 1,900 job reductions in the Stuttgart region by 2029 and the expiry of around 2,000 fixed‑term contracts, with a leadership handover to Michael Leiters due in January.