Volkswagen workers strike in force
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4,000 Volkswagen employees yesterday staged strikes against plans by the car manufacturer to freeze wages for two years. Volkswagen says it needs to cut costs because of competition from low-cost rivals, and
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Negotiators from Volkswagen and the IG Metall industrial union headed into a fifth round of wage talks Thursday, with the union threatening to launch a flurry of short warning strikes if it doesn&#39;t get the job guarantees and wage increases it&#39;s demanding.
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Volkswagen AG said Monday there is &quot;no room&quot; for wage increases as it prepares for pay talks with Germany&#39;s largest industrial union, and announced plans to trim labor costs by cutting paid breaks and increasing flexible working
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Just days after it announced deep job cuts in Europe, the General Motors Corporation is battling a wildcat strike at one of its biggest German auto plants, and a threat of wider disruptions.
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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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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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Around 3,200 workers at Volkswagen's   VOWG.DE core VW business in Germany have accepted voluntary   redundancy packages that Europe's biggest carmaker is offering   to prune labor costs, the company said on Wednesday.
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FRANKFURT : Hundreds of workers at German auto maker Volkswagen&#39;s Hanover plant walked off the job, as management and union representatives readied to resume deadlocked wage and job talks.
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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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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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FRANKFURT, Germany : 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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FRANKFURT Representatives of Volkswagen and its labor union faced off across a table Wednesday, opening a round of negotiations that will be closely watched here as a test of how long German workers can preserve their privileged place in the global auto
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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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Auto workers' union begins picketing GM as strike deadline passes.
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Volkswagen enters a fresh round of talks with its workers on Tuesday but analysts say little headway is likely as unions protest against the carmaker's threats to axe more than 30,000 employees in Germany.
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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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FRANKFURT : 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.