2,300 MAN employees affected: the MAN plant in Steyr is about to close

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Andreas Tostman, MAN president, warned the workforce in March that Wolf was the plant’s only future solution. Otherwise, MAN will have to close it at the end of 2023.

“We are really disappointed with the outcome, as we have seen that the alternative to lockdown is a very good path for everyone involved,” said Mann HR Board member Martin Raab on Thursday. More than 90 percent of the employees in Steyr participated in the vote. But apparently, Wolf’s concept of the workforce was not clear enough.

Steyr Business Council Vice Chairman Helmut Emler told the Austrian news agency APA that Wolff’s concept was “decisive, but the cuts would have been very dangerous”. The Business Council now wants to talk to MAN about easing savings plans. It is also open to other investors.

According to the American Psychological Association, Wolf said that he can “only understand the anger of many very well. But even I cannot turn back the clock, only develop a solid and well-thought-out concept of the future.” He “invested a lot of heart and soul in this project” because “with these possibilities of knowledge in producing cars at this location under the Steyr brand it was possible to create something new and wonderful”.

In Germany, MAN has agreed with the Labor Council and IG Metall to eliminate 3,500 jobs by the end of next year. This should be done through partial retirement, termination of fixed-term employment contracts, and job cuts for temporary workers, through voluntary separation payments and changes in the Volkswagen Group.

MAN intends to convert its trucks and buses into electric motors in the next few years and completely reposition themselves for future investments and greater profit again. The company has been weak for years. EU climate requirements for trucks reduce CO2 emissions by at least 30 percent by 2030 from pressure. In addition, there is currently a Corona crisis. (dpa / Rs)