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Mercedes-Benz S-Class passenger car are lined up on the assembly line at the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant in Sindelfingen, southern Germany, on February 13, 2023. (AFP/THOMAS KIENZLE ).
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Thousands of workers demonstrated outside Mercedes-Benz factories in Germany Friday over the premium carmaker's cost-saving plans, kicking off an expected wave of protests in the country's crisis-wracked auto industry.German carmakers are battling fierce Chinese competition, US tariffs and weak demand in key markets, with a string of job cuts and other austerity measures announced in recent times.
Organized with the powerful IG Metall union, thousands of workers rallied outside several Mercedes plants, from the southern city of Sindelfingen – outside Stuttgart – to Bremen in the north.
