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The German Group Works Council and foreign members of VW Group initiated the formation of a European Works Council. The first meeting was in 1990, with a signed agreement in 1992; a full two years prior to the EU ratification of the European Works Council Directive . [4]: 20–21
Nearly 100,000 Volkswagen workers are reported to have joined strike action at the start of December as talks between the carmaker and its powerful works council continue.
Volkswagen has informed employee representatives that it wants to close at least three plants in Germany, the head of the company's works council said Monday. Employee council chief Daniela ...
The rationale behind the establishment of European Works Councils is related to the economic and political integration of the European Union. As companies became more transnational, the local information and consultation bodies (such as works councils) lacked a direct link to the level on which the real decisions are taken. As EWCs bring ...
Volkswagen promised €10 billion in cost cuts in December last year, paving the way for a grisly battle with its powerful works council and threats of its first-ever German plant closure.
In 2002, Cavallo was elected to the Works Council of the then Volkswagen subsidiary Auto 5000. After the birth of her children, she interrupted her work between 2004 and 2008 as the first Works Council member at Volkswagen for maternal leave. [2] Cavallo has been a member of the Volkswagen General Works Council since 2013. [5]
VW workers have some of the strongest collective agreements. With the exception of the United States, all of its major locations are represented in the Global Works Council and local trade union bodies. VW has a strong tradition and practice of social partnership and co-determination rights globally. [139]
Erik Schelzig/AP By Bernie Woodall and Amanda Becker CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. and WASHINGTON -- Workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tenn., plant may have voted against joining the United Auto Workers ...