{
  "id": 19813541,
  "title": "Mercedes-Benz: works council and IG Metall union denounce threats of factory closures in Germany",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/mercedes-benz-le-comite-dentreprise-et-le-syndicat-ig-metall",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T13:30:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde Economie",
    "slug": "le-monde-economie",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/11/13/mercedes-benz-le-comite-d-entreprise-et-le-syndicat-ig-metall-denoncent-des-menaces-de-fermetures-d-usines-en-allemagne_6809327_3234.html"
  },
  "original_language": "fr",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Under pressure from Chinese competition, the German manufacturer has frozen all new national investment and is considering extending its employees' working hours without a salary increase. A red line for the IG Metall union, which refuses to give in \"to pressure and threats\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}