Deal reached in Volkswagen labour dispute
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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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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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Wage talks next month at German automaker Volkswagen appear off to a difficult start after the powerful IG Metall union demanded a four percent wage rise and job guarantees for its members.
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FRANKFURT -- Automaker Volkswagen AG said yesterday there is ''no room&quot; for wage increases as it prepares for pay talks with Germany's largest industrial union, and detailed proposals to trim labor costs by cutting paid breaks and increasing flexible working time.
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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 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
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HANNOVER, Germany Senior negotiators from Volkswagen and its main union entered another round of negotiations on Tuesday as they worked to reach a cost-cutting contract and head off the first comprehensive strike at the automaker&#39;s factories in western
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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
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Automaker Volkswagen AG said Tuesday it had signed an agreement for a long-term strategic partnership with Malaysian carmaker Proton Holdings.
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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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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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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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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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Workers and management at German car giant Volkswagen make little headway in initial negotiations over a new pay deal.
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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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Wage negotiations between Volkswagen AG and Germany's biggest industrial union broke up without agreement Thursday, but the two sides agreed to hold more talks next week even as the union presses ahead with ...
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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.