German union to reopen Volkswagen's wage contract
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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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Volkswagen AG, Europe&#39;s largest carmaker, wants German workers to agree to a two-year wage freeze to cut costs amid a stagnating market in place of the 4 percent yearly raise unions are demanding.
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HANOVER, Germany  - German engineering union IG   Metall has extended until Wednesday its ultimatum to Volkswagen   VOWG.DE to provide binding and concrete investments that will   secure jobs for its German workforce.
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Automaker Volkswagen AG and Germany&#39;s biggest industrial union said Tuesday they have made some progress in difficult pay negotiations, but were cautious on prospects of a quick deal in talks that were marked by worker protests.
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4,000 Volkswagen employees yesterday staged strikes against plans by the car manufacturer to freeze wages for two years. Volkswagen says it needs to cut costs because of competition from low-cost rivals, and
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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.
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Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, rejects a trade union offer  to limit workers' pay rises, saying it does not go far enough.
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Two of Europe's biggest car-makers, Volkswagen and Opel, will this week open the latest front in German industry's battle to slash costs, secure longer working hours and impose more flexible conditions -- or ...
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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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Volkswagen AG has warned its German workers that more than 30,000 jobs could be lost if they don't agree to a pay freeze and other concessions, raising the stakes ahead of negotiations due to start next week.
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FRANKFURT Volkswagen said Monday that there was &quot;no room&quot; for wage increases, dismissing a union demand for a 4 percent annual increase and instead announcing plans to cut paid breaks and increase flexible working time.
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Automaker Volkswagen AG said Wednesday that it plans to offer new discounts in Germany on its revamped Golf model as it tries to reach its 2004 sales target, making another departure from the company's resistance to price-cutting.
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FRANKFURT, Germany Aug. 23, 2004 - Automaker Volkswagen said Monday there is &quot;no room&quot; for wage increases this year as it prepares for pay talks with Germany&#39;s largest industrial union.
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Volkswagen AG has warned its German workers that more than 30,000 jobs could be lost if they don&#39;t agree to a pay freeze and other concessions, raising
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Workers at Volkswagen&#39;s Mexico plant agreed to end a three-day-old strike Saturday and accept a pay package very close to the company&#39;s original offer, officials
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Automaker Volkswagen said Monday there is "no room" for wage increases this year as it prepares for pay talks with Germany's largest industrial union.
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Volkswagen (VW) and its workers headed into crucial wage negotiations yesterday that will sorely test the tradition of labour-management co-operation at the car maker as it struggles