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The deal includes "socially responsible" job cuts of over 35,000 German factory workers by 2030. VW's New Union Deal Prevents German Factories from Closing Skip to main content
VW was considering closing up to three factories in Germany and had been calling on its workforce to accept a 10% pay cut. At the time, the union was calling for a 7% increase.
Volkswagen is weighing whether to close factories in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history as it moves to deepen cost cuts amid rising competition from China’s electric vehicle makers.
Volkswagen has 10 assembly and parts plants in Germany, where 120,000 of its 684,000 workers worldwide are based. As Europe’s largest carmaker, the company is a symbol of the country’s consumer prosperity and economic growth after World War II. It has never closed a German factory before.
WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) -Volkswagen plans to shut at least three factories in Germany, lay off tens of thousands of staff and shrink its remaining plants in Europe's biggest economy as it ...
Volkswagen, whose brands also include Audi, SEAT and Skoda, said on Monday it was considering closing factories in Germany and ending a decades-old job guarantee at six of its plants in a drive to ...
The German Volkswagen Group is the largest automaker in the world as of 2015. [1] As of 2019 [ref] , it has 136 production plants, and employs around 670,000 people around the world who produce a daily output of over 26,600 motor vehicles and related major components, for sale in over 150 countries.
The company scrapped a 30-year-old labor agreement in September, which opened the way for layoffs, while it has also proposed closing factories in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history.