German chemical giant Bayer slashes 12,000 jobs
Bayer AG has announced plans to cut a tenth of its workforce worldwide and divest parts of its corporate empire.
•Dietmar Henning
Dietmar Henning
The destruction of Germany’s Thyssenkrupp and the role of the IG Metall union
The decision to break up the Thyssenkrupp multinational conglomerate, in which the IG Metall union has played a key role, has been secretly prepared for months.
•Dietmar Henning
Musicians’ group calls for shutdown of the German secret service
On Tuesday, the musicians group’ “Lebenslaute” concluded a two-day protest against the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), as the German secret service is called.
•Dietmar Henning
Right-wing extremist acquitted in the bombing of a German train station
The result, as in the recent trial of the Neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground (NSU), is that the defendants end up with lenient sentences or are acquitted, with important questions ignored.
•Sybille Fuchs, Dietmar Henning
Germany: IG Metall union and works councils agree to job and wage cuts at Opel
The union and works councils have signed up to almost every demand of PSA boss Carlos Tavares and Opel chief Michael Lohscheller.
•Dietmar Henning
German industrial workers poised to launch massive strikes
Due to the militant atmosphere in the plants, the IG Metall union was compelled against its wishes to break off the fifth round of collective bargaining talks in Baden-Württemberg.
•Dietmar Henning
Zimbabwe graphite miners strike at former German-owned mine
More than 200 miners in northern Zimbabwe have been on strike since the end of December protesting the fact they have not received their wages for more than a year.
•Dietmar Henning
Volkswagen plans to dismiss all temporary contract workers in German plants
VW’s mass firing of temporary contract workers is the prelude to sweeping job cuts and attacks on the gains of all autoworkers.
•Dietmar Henning
Was the 2016 terrorist attack on the Berlin Christmas market an “intelligence operation with deadly collateral damage?”
New documents prove that both the US and German secret services had an interest in assuring the free movement of the author of the terrorist attack.
•Dietmar Henning
Thousands demonstrate against Alternative for Germany party congress
Many students and youth who demonstrated on Saturday in Hanover are aware of the responsibility the mainstream parties bear for the rise of the AfD.
•Dietmar Henning
German court releases far-right army officer
The far-right German army officer Franco A. has been freed from custody. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) withdrew his arrest warrant on Wednesday.
•Dietmar Henning
Artist lists names of fortress Europe’s 33,000 refugee victims
Artist Banu Cennetoğlu has published a list with the names of 33,293 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants who have died since 1993 as a result of Europe’s refugee policies.
•Dietmar Henning
Did an undercover agent incite the Berlin Christmas Market attack?
An undercover agent from the State Criminal Bureau in North Rhine-Westphalia is alleged to have had close contact with the perpetrator of the 2016 Berlin Christmas Market attack.
•Dietmar Henning
Attack in 2016 on Munich shopping centre was an act of right-wing terrorism
Although three reports reveal the right-wing extremist motives of the attacker, who killed nine people, the authorities continue to speak of a shooting spree by a victim of school bullying.
•Dietmar Henning
Germany: Trial of neo-Nazi terror group whitewashes role of intelligence services
It is evident that, despite the attention to detail in the case of the five accused, the aim of the NSU trial was to conceal the role played by the secret services.
•Dietmar Henning
German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp slashes 2,500 jobs as it prepares to sell off steel division
In addition to a €500 million savings program, which involves the loss of around 4,000 jobs, the shedding of the steel sector will endanger thousands of other jobs and entire factories.
•Dietmar Henning
After Grenfell Tower fire: High-rise evacuated in Wuppertal, Germany
Following the horrific fire in London, politicians and officials responsible for construction in Germany lyingly claimed that such a catastrophe could not happen here.
•Dietmar Henning
Over 8,000 VW autoworkers launch unlimited strike in Slovakia
The autoworkers are engaged in the first strike since VW began operations in the Eastern European country in 1991.
•Dietmar Henning
German Greens seek power—at any price
The Greens are currently hovering around 5 percent in opinion polls and could fail to reach the threshold necessary for entry into the Bundestag.
•Dietmar Henning
Striking German Amazon workers describe grueling conditions and digital surveillance
Around 500 workers conducted a three-day strike at an Amazon facility in Rheinberg in the Lower Rhine region of Germany last week.
•Dietmar Henning