"Energy up, Working Hours Down!" From January 1, 2026, the 35-Hour Week Will Also Apply at the Bmw Plant in Leipzig · Leipziger Zeitung

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On Wednesday morning at 5.00 a.m., the IG Metall Leipzig distributes energy drinks to the colleagues at the BMW plant in Leipzig. "Energy up, working hours down!" is the motto with which the 35-hour week is celebrated at the BMW plant in Leipzig. "It was a hard industrial struggle that we have waged together in recent years to introduce the 35-hour week [...] The post "Energy up, working hours down!" From January 1, 2026, the 35-hour week also a…

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Leipzig, 6 January 2026. The BMW plant in Leipzig introduced the 35-hour week at the beginning of 2026. IG Metall Leipzig announced this. "It was a tough industrial battle that we have waged together in recent years in order to enable the introduction of the 35-hour week also in the East," reports works council chairman Jens Köhler from the Saxon BMW factory. "We have recently conducted 24-hour warning strikes in several tariff rounds... It is o…