Volkswagen labor negotiators far apart
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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 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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Volkswagen workers staged a new round of brief stoppages early Monday, keeping up pressure on the automaker ahead of wage talks in which the company is sticking to a demand for a two-year pay freeze.
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A labor union agreed Monday to enter talks with Volkswagen AG on its demand that employees work longer for no extra pay at factories in Germany.
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Volkswagen AG workers demonstrated outside three factories during the latest round of talks between Europe&#39;s biggest carmaker and the union representing the company&#39;s German employees.
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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 said.
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When management and unions at Volkswagen meet in a plush Hanover hotel later this week, the future of Europe's biggest car maker will be at stake.
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Thousands of shell-shocked Volkswagen workers were meeting in the car park of their Brussels factory, the day after hearing that 4,000 of the 5,300 jobs at the plant will be lost, to plan their next moves.
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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.
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The IG Metall union pledged its determination to prevail in what is expected to be turbulent salary negotiations this week with car manufacturer Volkswagen, which is demanding large sacrifices from employees.
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Volkswagen again threatened to move jobs abroad as management sat down with unions to resume wage talks at a time when Europe's biggest car maker is seeking to impose controversial and painful cost cuts on its workforce.
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Volkswagen, Europe's leading car maker, said it saw no room for wage hikes in the upcoming pay talks, rejecting union demands for pay increases of four percent and wide-ranging job guarantees.
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HANOVER - About 4,000 Volkswagen workers stayed off the job for about an hour Friday to press demands for higher wages that remained unresolved after a fifth round of talks between their union and management at Europe&#39;s largest car maker.
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Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country's two largest carmakers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen, which both reported mixed earnings on ...
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Senior negotiators from Volkswagen and its main union have met to seek a deal on cost cutting that could head off the first full-blown strike at the carmaker&#39;s western German factories.
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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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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.