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Volkswagen workers threaten strikes unless carmaker reverses labour deal cancellations
FRANKFURT, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Labour leaders on Friday threatened strikes at Volkswagen from January unless it reverses the recent cancellation of wage deals by the end of October, marking an escalation of labour disputes at Europe's top automaker.
Europe's top carmaker plans to cut 100,000 jobs and could close up to four plants in Germany, as it faces intensifying Chinese competition, billions in tariff costs and a costly shift to EVs.
The dispute with shop stewards over planned cutbacks came to a head last month, when Volkswagen terminated almost all wage deals with German workers, putting long-standing labour standards including working hours and holiday pay up for renegotiation.msn.com - Volkswagen workers threaten strikes unless carmaker reverses labour deal cancellationsAs this point, the union doesn't have much to lose. Four German plants closing, in addition to two German plants that were closed last year, and two of the four lines in Wolfsburg idle, and 100,000 proles already scheduled to be kicked to the curb. I didn't know management unilaterally abrogating a labor contract, without a BK filing, was a thing. VW volume has been shrinking. Some years ago, Management announced it's business plan was to go "up market": claiming their cars were premium, and taking more money off the shrinking number of people who still buy from them. How is that "premium" thing going? Last spring, J D Power released it's three year car reliability ratings. VW ranked dead last.
Steve
