VW says there is 'no room' for wage increase for union
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FRANKFURT -- Automaker Volkswagen AG said yesterday there is ''no room&quot; for wage increases as it prepares for pay talks with Germany's largest industrial union, and detailed proposals to trim labor costs by cutting paid breaks and increasing flexible working time.
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The situation at German carmaker  Volkswagen  is serious, a senior executive said,  although he denied a report that the company could cut an extra  10,000 jobs at its core VW brand.
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Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, is threatening to slash 30,000 jobs to force unionized employees to accept a pay freeze in the latest and largest labor-management confrontation this year in Germany.
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FRANKFURT  - Around 15,000 workers at German car giant Volkswagen walked off the job in warning strikes aimed at turning up the pressure on management in deadlocked wage talks.
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The head of personnel at Volkswagen AG said the automaker will have to make dramatic reductions in jobs in Germany if it doesn't get the labor-cost savings it wants in ongoing wage talks, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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A deal seems to be taking shape in wage talks between Volkswagen and the IG Metall metalworkers union, the head of the works council at Europe&#39;s biggest carmaker said Wednesday.
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Representatives from Volkswagen AG and Germany's biggest industrial union said Friday they had agreed to increase working hours at plants in western Germany by more than four hours a week to 33 hours without any increase in pay.
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Volkswagen and its workers headed into crucial wage negotiations Wednesday that will seriously test the tradition of close labor-management collaboration at the automaker as it struggles with shrinking earnings and tougher global competition.
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Volkswagen AG, Europe&#39;s largest carmaker, and the IG Metall union said they made no progress in their first negotiating session on a new contract and it will be difficult to reach an accord.
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Negotiators from Volkswagen AG and Germany's biggest industrial union held a new round of wage talks Thursday, with the union threatening a flurry of short warning strikes if it doesn't get the job guarantees ...
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German metalworkers union IG Metall   agreed on Monday to reopen Volkswagen's VOWG.DE wage contract   but rejected management's plans to increase working hours   without extra pay at Europe's biggest carmaker.
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Workers and managers at Volkswagen&#39;s German plants are &quot;miles apart&quot; in their negotiations over a new pay deal, union representatives have said.
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Volkswagen challenged its workers with a tough wage plan on Monday ahead of talks seen as a gauge of their readiness to favor job security over pay
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Volkswagen resumed crucial wage talks with its workers Tuesday, with the two sides haggling over the automaker's push for a two-year wage freeze in return for a no-layoff pledge.
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FRANKFURT Representatives of Volkswagen and its labor union faced off across a table Wednesday, opening a round of negotiations that will be closely watched here as a test of how long German workers can preserve their privileged place in the global auto
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WOLFSBURG, Germany : Around 4,000 workers at three factories of German car giant Volkswagen halted production for about an hour overnight in the first official warning strikes aimed at putting pressure on management in the deadlocked wage talks, unions
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Volkswagen&#39;s labor negotiations in Germany began Wednesday with union demands for raises and job guarantees and company calls for a two-year pay freeze.