Tesla under pressure to boost wages to attract workers to German plant

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Electric carmaker Tesla is having to raise wages to attract employees to its new manufacturing plant outside Berlin, a top German union said, warning of a looming pay dispute among the workforce there. Recruitment at the company’s so-called Gigafactory in Gruenheide, which began production in March 2022, is behind schedule, Birgit Dietze, a regional representative for IG Metall’s branch for Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, said in a statement. “Tesla wants to have around 12,000 employees on board by the end of the year. In order to achieve this goal, the management will soon …

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