{"id":22203,"date":"2026-03-05T08:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/union-tries-to-seize-control-of-works-council-at-teslas-german-factory\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:37:20","slug":"union-tries-to-seize-control-of-works-council-at-teslas-german-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/union-tries-to-seize-control-of-works-council-at-teslas-german-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Union tries to seize control of works council at Tesla\u2019s German factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsuits and slander claims fly in IG Metall\u2019s battle with Elon Musk over employment rights and conditions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/mar\/04\/war-middle-east-uk-living-standards-growth-markets-energy-shock-live-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Europe\u2019s largest trade union is trying to gain control of the works council at Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla gigafactory near Berlin, in an industrial relations showdown marked by lawsuits and mutual accusations of slander.<\/p>\n<p>The works council, an elected body of employees that negotiates everything from working hours to pay deals with a company\u2019s management, is considered an entrenched aspect of the German corporate world, particularly in the car industry.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/04\/union-tries-seize-control-works-council-tesla-german-factory\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f2274b7c6209ff60a98711ae7bb0b93b5b503de0\/456_0_4560_3648\/master\/4560.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7a640efa76e75aa20e9eef13da92cac3\" title=\"Union tries to seize control of works council at Tesla\u2019s German factory\" \/>Lawsuits and slander claims fly in IG Metall\u2019s battle with Elon Musk over employment rights and conditions<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nEurope\u2019s largest trade union is trying to gain control of the works council at Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla gigafactory near Berlin, in an industrial relations showdown marked by lawsuits and mutual accusations of slander.<br \/>\nThe works council, an elected body of employees that negotiates everything from working hours to pay deals with a company\u2019s management, is considered an entrenched aspect of the German corporate world, particularly in the car industry. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsuits and slander claims fly in IG Metall\u2019s battle with Elon Musk over employment rights and conditions Business live \u2013 latest updates Europe\u2019s largest trade union is trying to gain control of the works council at Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla gigafactory near Berlin, in an industrial relations showdown marked by lawsuits and mutual accusations of slander. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/union-tries-to-seize-control-of-works-council-at-teslas-german-factory\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Union tries to seize control of works council at Tesla\u2019s German factory<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22203"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}