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VW Sees More Walkouts as Union Talks Enter Fourth Round
- Labor leader signals escalation if deal not reached on Monday
- Management has proposed layoffs, unprecedented plant closures
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Volkswagen AG workers walked off their jobs on Monday as union leaders threatened to escalate protests against painful cuts at the carmaker’s namesake brand if talks with management failed to yield a breakthrough.
The walkouts — the second this month — began just hours before VW representatives and the powerful IG Metall union were scheduled to start a fourth round of talks in Wolfsburg. Thousands of workers gathered in the rain on the factory grounds in a show of solidarity.