1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites

Ford Cologne strike over job cuts

02:23

This browser does not support the video element.

Jörg Jelinnek | Nadine Mena Michollek
May 15, 2025

For the first time in nearly a century, a union-led strike has brought production at Ford’s Cologne plant to a standstill. Workers are protesting planned job cuts as the company struggles with low EV sales and rising costs in Europe.

Skip next section DW's Top Story

DW's Top Story

Skip next section More stories from DW