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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,100 - 1,200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 October 2004
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2005
Foreseen end date
Description
Between 1,100 and 1,200 jobs will be shed in the beginning of 2005 at the Mercedes site in Bremen, employing some 15,000 workers. 800 workers at most could be employed on other production sites (Rastatt, Berlin, Hamburg-Harburg), the remaining of the job reduction will be made on a voluntary basis or through retirement measures.
Sources
27 October 2004: Frankfurter Rundschau
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Mercedes, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 60739, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60739.