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Volkswagen's factory in Wolfsburg, Germany

VW, unions resume last-ditch round of talks on cost cuts

Volkswagen management and labour representatives will resume high pressure talks this morning over planned cost cuts to the carmaker's German sites after a 13-hour negotiation round yesterday failed to produce an agreement.

Business • 17 Dec 24

VW workers step up strikes to fight German plant closures

Volkswagen workers will go on extended strikes on Monday, stepping up a bitter dispute with management over layoffs and what would be the first factory closures on German soil for Europe's largest carmaker, a union statement said.

Business • 06 Dec 24

Members of the IG Metall metalworkers union at Volkswagen demonstrate

Volkswagen digs in as workers threaten strikes

Volkswagen flatly rejected union demands after the first round of bitterly contested talks ended without agreement today, as workers at Europe's largest automaker threatened strikes against layoffs and possible plant closures.

Business • 25 Sep 24

IG Metall union

VW, unions resume last-ditch round of talks on cost cuts

VW workers step up strikes to fight German plant closures

Volkswagen digs in as workers threaten strikes

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