The armaments company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has been testing its tanks in Allach, on the outskirts of the city, since 1964. Residents have been calling for it to be closed for a long time. But what about the jobs? What about the trade tax?
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Anita Naujokat
“Drive tanks, protect jobs”: The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) tank test track in Allach became a symbolic protest route on Tuesday. A good 1000 employees lined Krauss-Maffei-Strasse, supported by trade unionists, management and politicians from the Bundestag, state parliament and city council, to demonstrate for the preservation of the test track and thus for 1650 jobs. A “handful of residents” want KMW gone, “but we are more,” said operations manager Stefanie Krammer from IG Metall: “Time to get loud!” Munich is not just a city of beds and offices, but also lives from industry and crafts – even if not everyone wants to admit it. The city owes its prosperity and prosperity to this, said works council chairman Ralf Bergschneider.