more than 30 years after the fall of the wall our bmw group workers finally do not have to work three more hours than their colleagues in the west works council head manfred schoch saidbmw will cut working hours at its east german plant from 38 to 35 in line with its west german factories it said on friday in a move welcomed by the works council as bringing longawaited equality 30 years after the fall of the berlin wall salaries and working hours remain uneven between western and eastern germany with government data showing eastern german workers continue to work slightly longer hours for less money than their western counterparts advt bmw committed on friday to reducing the working week at its plant in leipzig part of former communist east germany in three stages to 35 hours by 2026 and bringing on 300 additional employees to make up the shortfall more than 30 years after the fall of the wall our bmw group workers finally do not have to work three more hours than their colleagues in the west works council head manfred schoch said rival volkswagen made a similar move in may implementing a 35hour working week at its east german plants to match west german working hours however it did not hire additional workers instead expecting east german plants to boost productivity also readbmw offsets lower deliveries with higher prices ev salesthe premium automaker which said earlier this year it expected to deliver up to 90000 fewer cars in 2021 because of a global shortage of semiconductor chips saw deliveries fall 122 in the third quarter but still boosted revenues by 45see more details reuters published on nov 5 2021 at 0452 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app bmw group german plant car production employee management bmw auto demand east bmw west bmw homenewsbmw cuts east german working hours to same as west