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Tesla Giga Berlin Plant Manager Faces Defamation Probe After IG Metall Union Complaint
IG Metall filed complaints alleging a toxic work culture at Tesla's Giga Berlin, triggering defamation and criminal investigations against the plant manager.
- IG Metall, Germany's largest union, confronts Tesla on Quick Charge, amid allegations of toxic work culture and criminal charges, as reported in the episode.
- Allegations of a toxic work culture and criminal charges drive the dispute, while IG Metall provides the featured image highlighting its role.
- In California, Tesla avoided a sales ban by dropping the word `Autopilot` in its marketing and promoting a $99 FSD Supervised deal.
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Tesla Giga Berlin plant manager faces defamation probe after IG Metall union complaint
Tesla’s Giga Berlin plant manager is now under investigation after a complaint from trade union IG Metall, escalating tensions ahead of next month’s works council elections. Prosecutors in Frankfurt (Oder) confirmed they have opened a defamation probe into Gigafactory Berlin plant manager André Thierig, as per a report from rbb24. A spokesperson for the Frankfurt (Oder) public prosecutor’s office confirmed to the German Press Agency that an inv…
According to a lawsuit by the trade union IG Metall, the prosecutor's office in Germany is investigating the plant manager of the US electric car manufacturer Tesla in Grünheide near Berlin, André Thierig. "An investigation was initiated on the basis of a bad speech," a spokesman of the public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt (Oder) informed. Accordingly, the criminal complaint had already been received on Friday of last week. Previously, Tesla …
A representative of the IG Metall union is accused of unauthorized recording of a works council meeting. This has consequences – for both sides.
Tesla's European future in doubt, but they didn't get banned in California!
On today’s labor-intensive episode of Quick Charge, Germany’s largest union IG Metall is squaring off with Tesla in a major dispute involving a toxic work culture, criminal charges, defamation, and more – but at least they can still sell cars in California (for now). more…
GR NHEIDE. The manager is accused of misrepresentation, the prosecutor's office is investigated.
The parties involved have already filed criminal charges against each other.
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