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Nine Volkswagen plants to strike as labour battle escalates
Workers at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany will strike for several hours on Monday, IG Metall union said, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations.
Volkswagen’s woes mount as workers prepare to strike across Germany
Tens of thousands of Volkswagen workers will participate in warning strikes at plants across Germany on Monday, labor union IG Metall said, marking the worst walkouts at the carmaker’s domestic operations since 2018.
VW's German workers to strike from Monday
Workers at German factories for carmaker Volkswagen are to go on strike from Monday over plans to cut thousands of jobs, union IG Metall said Sunday.
Volkswagen workers to go on warning strikes across Germany
Volkswagen workers will go on warning strikes on Monday at plants across Germany, labour union IG Metall said, marking the first large-scale walkouts at Volkswagen's domestic operations since 2018. The start of the strikes represents a further escalation of a dispute between Europe's top carmaker and its workers over mass layoffs,
Volkswagen Strikes From Early December 'Necessary', Union Says
An agreement not to hold strikes ended on November 30. "Accordingly, strikes are possible and also necessary from the beginning of December," the union said. "Volkswagen will determine at the negotiating table how long and how hard the conflict will be - the VW workforce throughout the country is ready to strike," it added.
Strikes to hit Volkswagen in December as clash with labour escalates
Volkswagen workers across Germany are ready to strike from December, the IG Metall union said in a pamphlet circulated on Friday. "Volkswagen will determine at the negotiating table how long and how hard the conflict will be - the VW workforce throughout the country is ready to strike,
Volkswagen rejects union's proposals as clash with labour escalates
Volkswagen, under pressure from high costs and Chinese competition, rejected union proposals for cost savings on Friday, just days ahead of planned walkouts meant to avoid unprecedented plant closures.
VW Rejects Union Cost-cutting Plans As Strikes Loom
Volkswagen on Friday rejected as unrealistic a union proposal to make cost cuts at the carmaker's German operations without having to close factories, sparking anger from worker representatives as strikes loom.
Volkswagen rejects union proposal as strikes loom
Volkswagen has rejected a proposal from labor representatives that they said could avert layoffs and factory closures. VW said it wouldn't have delivered the advertised savings. Strikes loom in the brewing labor dispute.
Volkswagen brushes off union's cost savings proposals
Volkswagen , under pressure by high costs and Chinese competition, brushed off union proposals for cost savings on Friday, just days ahead of planned walkouts meant to avoid unprecedented plant closures.
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Volkswagen workers go out on warning strikes across Germany
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