VW and unions strive for job deal
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Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen is to meet with unions for talks that experts say are vital to the firm's future.
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Outraged workers in Germany refuse to resume production as automaker seeks to save $623.8Ma year. FRANKFURT, Germany  - General Motors management started negotiations with union leaders Monday over
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Volkswagen demanded a two-year wage freeze for the 170,000-strong workforce at Europe&#39;s biggest car maker yesterday, provoking union warnings of imminent conflict at key pay and conditions negotiations.
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Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, becomes the latest German firm to try and update controversial labour agreements.
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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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Negotiations between VW and unions about radical cost savings at its German factories resume against a backdrop of falling profits at Europe's largest car maker.
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Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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Workers at Volkswagen's German plants have started a series of small-scale strikes as the carmaker continues to discuss cost-cutting plans with unions.
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Volkswagen and its workers launched crucial wage negotiations Wednesday expected to test the tradition of close labor-management collaboration at the struggling automaker.
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Volkswagen AG and metalworkers union IG Metall both dug in their heels on Sunday before increasingly bitter wage talks resume that could lead to the first strike ever at Europe&#39;s biggest carmaker.
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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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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 AG, Europe&#39;s largest carmaker, wants German workers to agree to a two-year wage freeze to cut costs amid a stagnating market, dismissing a union demand for a 4 percent yearly raise.
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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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Unions at German carmaker Volkswagen agree to hold further talks over work contracts with management.
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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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More than 30,000 jobs could be at risk at automaker Volkswagen if labor unions refuse to forego wage rises and make other concessions in upcoming negotiations, a top manager was quoted as saying Thursday &#151; comments that drew a sharp response from Germany's largest industrial union.