VW seeks pay freeze at plants in Germany
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FRANKFURT Volkswagen said Monday that there was &quot;no room&quot; for wage increases, dismissing a union demand for a 4 percent annual increase and instead announcing plans to cut paid breaks and increase flexible working time.
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Representatives from Volkswagen AG and Germany's biggest industrial union said Friday they had agreed to increase working hours at plants in western Germany by more than four hours a week to 33 hours without any increase in pay.
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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 ...
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The German government presented a new "VW law" Wednesday that would preserve workers' rights to veto plant construction and relocations.
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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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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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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.
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The European Union&#39;s head office took Germany to court Wednesday to challenge a German law that effectively protects Volkswagen AG, one of the country&#39;s biggest employers, from hostile takeovers.
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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 Aug. 23, 2004 - 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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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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Workers and management at German car giant Volkswagen make little headway in initial negotiations over a new pay deal.
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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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HANOVER, Germany - Several thousand Volkswagen AG workers took to the streets Tuesday to press their demand for wage increases and pay guarantees as the automaker prepared to resume pay negotiations with Germany&#39;s biggest 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 reiterated its demand for a two-year pay freeze Wednesday in the first round of wage negotiations expected to test the automaker&#39;s historically cozy relationship with its workers.
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Germany&#39;s biggest industrial union agreed to a 28-month pay freeze in a deal Wednesday with automaker Volkswagen, receiving in return a guarantee that there will be no layoffs before 2011, the chief union negotiator said Wednesday.