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Germany Auto Is Going Electric — But It’s Not Helping Workers
Tesla has announced plans for a nonunion factory in Berlin. Auto manufacturing going green was supposed to help workers, not hurt them.
Johannes Simon writes for a number of German-language outlets and is coauthor, together with Paul Simon, of Eine Welt voller Wut: Donald Trump und das Ende der US-Hegemonie (konkret texte, 2020).
Tesla has announced plans for a nonunion factory in Berlin. Auto manufacturing going green was supposed to help workers, not hurt them.