Update 1: Volkswagen Workers Stage New Stoppages
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Volkswagen AG 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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Automaker Volkswagen AG and Germany&#39;s biggest industrial union said Tuesday they have made some progress in difficult pay negotiations, but were cautious on prospects of a quick deal in talks that were marked by worker protests.
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Negotiators for Volkswagen and its unionized employees began a third round of crucial wage talks in Hanover on Tuesday, with the company pressing its demand for a wage freeze and the union seeking job guarantees and a wage increase of 4 percent annually.
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Volkswagen AG, Europe&#39;s largest carmaker, aims to freeze wages and save jobs at its German factories in upcoming wage negotiations with workers.
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Friction is mounting between German automaker Porsche and workers at Volkswagen, where employee representatives fear losing their influence if VW is swallowed up by Porsche.
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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&#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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Workers and managers at Volkswagen&#39;s German plants are &quot;miles apart&quot; in their negotiations over a new pay deal, union representatives have said.
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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.
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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 and its workers headed into 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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Nearly 1,500 workers at Volkswagen's largest factory in Brazil accept voluntary redundancy.
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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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Europe&#39;s biggest carmaker said 30,000 jobs could be cut in Germany if unions do not agree to cost-cutting plans. Volkswagen is pushing for a wage freeze and more flexibility in working hours to counteract falling sales.
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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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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.