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Mercedes E-class production will be hit by dispute over EV expansion

Employers build gasoline engines at Untertuerkheim. They are worried about job security because electric motors need fewer workers. (Daimler)
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Elisabeth Behrmann
June 29, 2017 05:00 AM

MUNICH -- Workers at Mercedes-Benz's biggest engine plant, worried about their jobs as the automaker shifts to electric technologies, are ratcheting up their fight over the site's expansion.

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