VW workers agree to work longer
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Volkswagen strikes a deal with unions to extend the working week at six German plants without any increase in pay.
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Workers represented by the United Auto Workers ratified a four-year contract with automaker Chrysler LLC, the union said on Saturday, capping a close-fought battle that had threatened to scuttle the labor pact.
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Troubled German car maker Opel, a unit of General Motors, is planning to extend the working week for employees from 35 to 40 hours without any corresponding rise in pay, the mass-circulation daily Bild reported.
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United Auto Workers members passed a four-year contract agreement with Chrysler today despite significant dissent from some workers.
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Workers and management at German car giant Volkswagen make little headway in initial negotiations over a new pay deal.
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FRANKFURT Volkswagen and its workers entered a critical week in their wage negotiations Monday, with signs that a compromise was taking shape even as protests flared at factories across Germany.
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Some 4,000 workers at three Volkswagen AG plants in Germany held brief work stoppages early Friday as the union launched a promised campaign of warning strikes to underline their resistance a company demand for ...
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HANOVER, GERMANY -- Under pressure to cut costs and improve earnings, Volkswagen struck a far-reaching compromise with its workers Wednesday, winning a 28-month pay freeze and lower pay for new hires in return for a no-layoff guarantee until 2012.
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LONDON, November 2  - The German automotive giant, Volkswagen AG (VOW.ETR), continued its negotiations with the labour union today on its planned labour cost reductions.
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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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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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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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HANOVER - Management at Volkswagen and union leaders were locked in tough wage talks Tuesday as thousands of workers at Europe&#39;s largest car maker staged more warning strikes.
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Thousands of workers of German car giant Volkswagen on Wednesday held demonstrations ahead of a crucial round of wage talks. The company&#39;s works council said Wednesday that about
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HANOVER - Management at Volkswagen and union leaders Wednesday agreed to a 28-month pay freeze as part of plans by the giant German-based carmaker to drastically cut costs.
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Industrial group Siemens AG and Germany's biggest industrial union announced a deal Tuesday that will result in a longer working week for 8,000 employees at the company's sales and repair branches in Germany.
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Volkswagen AG, Europe&#39;s biggest carmaker, may cut 30,000 jobs, or almost a fifth of its German workforce, if the labour union representing workers does not agree to a wage