"The Tesla factory head Andre Thierig took to Elon Musk's X platform late on Tuesday to comment on the police presence at the facility. "What has happened today at Giga Berlin is truly beyond words!" he wrote. "An external union representative from IG Metall attended a works council meeting. For unknown reasons he recorded the internal meeting and was caught in action! We obviously called police and filed a criminal complaint!""
"IG Metall, Germany's largest metalworkers' trade union with members in all manner of industries including carmaking, rejected Thierig's version of events. "This assertion is both a malicious and a calculated lie," the IG Metall - Tesla Workers GFBB group in Tesla's works council said in response, saying that the events seemed reminiscent of "a rigged game." It said that a works council member representing Tesla had not given their union representative chance to defuse the sudden allegations,"
A trade union member was detained by police at Tesla's Grunheide Gigafactory after Tesla accused him of recording a private works council meeting. Tesla factory head Andre Thierig posted on X that an external IG Metall representative recorded an internal meeting, police were called and a criminal complaint filed. IG Metall's Tesla Workers GFBB group called the accusation malicious and a calculated lie, saying a works council member interrupted the meeting, called police and factory security, and a laptop was seized. Local police opened a case and seized potential evidence. The Grunheide facility employs around 11,000 people and opened in 2022, with tensions ahead of works council elections in early March. IG Metall is represented on the works council but does not hold a majority.
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