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VW Union to Start Walkouts on Monday Over Cost-Cutting Plans
- Union says German auto company has ‘set fire’ to agreements
- Volkswagen faces drop in EV demand, higher operational costs
Volkswagen employees demonstrate their willingness to strike in front of the plant in Zwickau, at the end of the peace period, on Nov. 30.
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Volkswagen AG workers across Germany plan to stage walkouts starting Monday after labor leaders and management failed to reach an agreement over how to slash costs at the carmaker’s namesake brand.
“If necessary, this will be the toughest collective bargaining battle Volkswagen has ever seen,” said Thorsten Groeger, the IG Metall union’s lead negotiator in the VW talks. Warning strikes will begin at all plants, he added.