Fight for the Rostock DB-Cargo plant: closure threatens!
Fight for the Rostock DB-Cargo plant: closure threatens!
Rostock, Deutschland - in Rostock there is a great concern for the DB Cargo plant, which has been responsible for maintaining and repairing locomotives and goods wagons for almost 60 years. With the current staff reduction, the future of the work is on the brink. A closure is feared that would massively affect both the employees and the entire logistics in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. According to NDR have already been offered 20 out of 55 employees within the company without the exact locations being known.
These developments are part of a comprehensive problem that DB Cargo, the German Railway's freight daughter, has been struggling for years. The company has been writing red numbers for some time and is planning a total of 5000 jobs by 2029 - including the Rostock plant. "We have to seriously worried about the future of our work," warns Thomas Pfarr, the chairman of the works council, to Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig in a fire letter. Nordkurier reports that the massive personnel reduction could endanger the economic and professional integrity of the location.
The concerns of the employees
The employees together with the works council made an open letter to the state government to request support. State Secretary Ines Jesse (SPD) has already promised to have talks with corporate management in order to discuss the situation. It is clear: the closure of the work would not only drive the employees into unemployment, but also damage the business location of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The freight station in Rostock is essential for logistics in the region, for example for the transport chain of the Bundeswehr.
Special concern causes the current closure of jobs, which has already been announced. A workshop with the previous capacity is necessary for security and defense policy reasons. The planned personnel reduction could endanger valuable know-how and impair the ability of the location to continue to be economically functional.
economic framework conditions
The situation is also tightened by the financial difficulties of DB Cargo, which has come under pressure in recent years through the Ukraine War and increasing operating and energy costs. Punctuality and customer satisfaction have fallen to the lowest level in years, such as the key figures from the DetailsOrt Rostock, Deutschland Quellen