VW Workers protest as pay talks start
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Volkswagen workers in Braunschweig were among 15,000 who yesterday staged token stoppages across Germany over the group&#39;s demands for cuts in labour costs, including a two-year pay freeze.
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Senior negotiators from Volkswagen and its main union have met to seek a deal on cost cutting that could head off the first full-blown strike at the carmaker&#39;s western German factories.
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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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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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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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The world&#39;s largest automaker launched negotiations with European employees after it unveiled the cost-cutting plans in October, triggering days of walkouts at GM&#39;s German plants.
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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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HANOVER - About 4,000 Volkswagen workers stayed off the job for about an hour Friday to press demands for higher wages that remained unresolved after a fifth round of talks between their union and management at Europe&#39;s largest car maker.
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Volkswagen challenged its workers with a tough wage plan on Monday ahead of talks seen as a gauge of their readiness to favor job security over pay
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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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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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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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About 7,000 Volkswagen workers walked off the job for an hour Tuesday, putting pressure on management over current wage talks, the union said.
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Automaker Volkswagen said Monday there is "no room" for wage increases this year as it prepares for pay talks with Germany's largest industrial union.
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Hundreds of workers at an Opel car plant in Germany kept up a protest outside the factory gates Sunday against plans by parent company General Motors for thousands of job cuts, demanding assurances that there will be no compulsory layoffs.
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Carmaker Volkswagen could become the next venue for strikes after personnel chief Peter Hartz called for a two-year wage freeze Monday.
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The management and labor representatives of the car producer Opel began talks Monday on thecontroversial massive layoffs faced by its workers.