Volkswagen, new strike from Monday towards job cuts | EUROtoday

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Volkswagen employees have been referred to as to cease work in German factories from tomorrow to oppose hundreds of deliberate job cuts. This was declared by the Ig Metall union.

The union’s place

“If necessary, this will be the toughest collective bargaining battle Volkswagen has ever seen,” the union warned in an announcement, after bargaining with the corporate over the way forward for the model’s 120,000 staff in Germany.

Complex state of affairs

The state of affairs may be very advanced. The subsequent assembly between Volkswagen and Ig Metall is scheduled for mid-December, however the positions are nonetheless very distant after final week’s stalemate. The firm had placed on the desk the closure of three vegetation, proposed leaving a ten% minimize within the wage of those that stay. The union proposed a counter-plan based mostly on chopping bonuses for administration, additionally lowering firm advantages and hours labored for a similar wage. According to Ig Metall, Volkswagen should additionally evaluate its dividend coverage, tightening the purse with the shareholders.