Berlin
Reuters
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Ford plans to cut 3,200 jobs across Europe and move some product development work to the United States, Germany’s IG Metall union said on Monday, vowing action that would disrupt the carmaker across the continent if the cuts go ahead.
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(F) wants to axe 2,500 jobs in product development and a further 700 in administrative roles, with German locations most affected, IG Metall said.
Workers at the US carmaker’s Cologne site, which employs around 14,000 people — including 3,800 working at a development center in the neighborhood of Merkenich — were informed at works council meetings on Monday of the plans.
Ford declined to comment, referring to a statement on Friday in which it said that shifting to electric vehicle production required structural changes but that it would not say more until plans were finalized.
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