Tesla Giga Berlin will reportedly receive a petition from IG Metall, asking for more breaks and staff at the factory.
According to Reuters, approximately 3,086 Tesla Giga Berlin workers signed a union petition requesting longer breaks and more staff at the factory. Representatives from the IG Metall union plan to give Tesla Giga Berlin management a copy of the petition during a works council meeting on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
Tesla’s Berlin factory employs around 11,000 workers. During the upcoming works council meeting, Tesla plans to present the results of a survey that asked around 7,500 Giga Berlin employees if they were satisfied with their jobs.
Based on Tesla’s results, 80% of the 7,500 Giga Berlin workers who participated in the survey said they were satisfied with their jobs. Approximately 5% of the survey’s respondents stated they were unhappy with their jobs and the rest of the participants were neutral.
Tesla Giga Berlin recently provided 300 temporary workers with permanent employment contracts. The new hires will likely help Tesla ramp up production for its 2025 Model Y. An IG Metall representative shared some concerns that the 300 new Giga Berlin hired would not be enough to meet increased demand for the new Model Y.
Tesla is in the middle of upgrading its factories in China, Germany, and the United States to produce its redesigned Model Y “Juniper.” The transition to the new Tesla Model Y resulted in several Wall Street analysts reducing the company’s Q1 2025 delivery estimates. In some cases, analysts have also lowered their Tesla price targets.
For instance, Wells Fargo analyst Colin Langan cut Tesla’s price target to $130. Langan predicts Tesla will report first-quarter deliveries of 360,000 units. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs lowered its Q1 2025 delivery estimates for Tesla to 375,000 units.
For perspective, Tesla delivered approximately 386,810 units in Q1 2024. While in the first quarter of 2023, Tesla delivered 422,875 units.
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