Volkswagen lays gauntlet at German union&#39;s feet
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WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen challenged its workers with a tough wage plan yesterday ahead of talks seen as a gauge of their readiness to favour job security over pay rises, a swap that could make Europe&#39;s biggest economy more competitive.
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Volkswagen and its workers launched 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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HANOVER  - Management and unions at German auto maker Volkswagen announced that they had reached an agreement that will bring an end to their long-running wage dispute and probably stave off strike action.
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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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FRANKFURT Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country&#39;s two largest car manufacturers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen, both of which reported mixed earnings on Thursday.
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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, 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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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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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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Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest automaker, said Tuesday that 3,500 workers in Germany have signed up for severance packages as the company tries to pare down the number of employees and cut costs.
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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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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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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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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 a two-year pay freeze.
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Volkswagen AG is threatening to eliminate 30,000 jobs ahead of next week&#39;s wage talks with unions as Europe&#39;s biggest carmaker seeks cost cuts similar to agreements reached by other German companies, including DaimlerChrysler AG.
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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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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.