The cuts represent about 10% of Bosch’s total workforce in the country, and 3% of its staff worldwide. Workers’ representatives vowed to resist the cuts, labelling them ‘unprecedented.’

German industrial giant Bosch said Thursday, September 25, it would cut 13,000 jobs, mostly in its auto unit, in the latest blow for the country’s ailing car sector.

The auto industry in Europe’s biggest economy has been hammered by fierce competition in key market China, weak demand and a slower than expected shift to electric vehicles.

The cuts, all of which will take place in Germany, represent about 10% of Bosch’s total workforce in the country, and 3% of its staff worldwide.

Bosch − the world’s biggest auto supplier, making everything from braking and steering systems to sensors − said the layoffs were needed to help make annual savings of €2.5 billion in the group’s car unit.

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    10 hours ago

    No, they don’t.

    They also don’t block importing them to the US.

    The working conditions for the average banana farmer is also significantly worse than the average Chinese car manufacturers.

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      >No, they don’t

      It’s a topic that I’ve seen pop up countless number of times

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        9 hours ago

        I’m not going to sit here and debate with you what “all the time” is supposed to mean.

        They also don’t block importing them to the US.

        Conveniently ignored this part because you don’t have a rebuttal.

        The working conditions for the average banana farmer is also significantly worse than the average Chinese car manufacturers.

        Also this one.

        I’m going to ignore you now because you proved to me that you’re an average idiot and not worth taking seriously. It’s a shame people like you get to have more impact on the world, but that’s why the world is the way it is.

        Keep getting ripped off, and keep defending the people doing it. I don’t expect more from you.

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          I focused on the specific part where I thought you were wrong. People do talk about the suffering if the banana plantation workers and it’s been talked for a long time. As far as products go, that’s one where the shit conditions are actually brought up often.