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IG Metall members will occupy 66 of 73 seats on the council following the election, which is held every four years. The works council has historically had a strong position at Volkswagen.

Volkswagen (VWAGY) and the IG Metall union come to an agreement, averting a strike of Germany's largest employer. Read more here.

One of the plants employs 2,300 people and handles production of the Porsche Cayman, Boxster, and VW T-Roc Cabriolet. VW and the IG Metall union continue to negotiate over how to resolve the ...

IG Metall and VW’s labour leader Daniela Cavallo had reiterated that workers would expand strike action unless the company agreed to scrap its historic proposal to shut factories during Monday ...

IG Metall said there have never been any real walkouts lasting 24 hours or more beyond so-called “warning strikes”, which are flagged in advance and of limited duration. VW’s management must ...

Germany: VW workers announce second strike as cuts loom 12/05/2024 The IG Metall workers union said it would increase the pressure ahead of a fourth round of negotiations in the labor dispute. The ...

IG Metall, together with VW's works councils—which have an unusually large amount of power compared to workers even at other German automakers—had proposed $1.6 billion in cost savings. This ...

The IG Metall union proposed $1.6 billion in savings, including forgoing bonuses through 2026. VW is demanding 10% wage cuts and threatening factory closures for the first time.

But the action could escalate, with powerful union IG Metall warning that VW will face the biggest wave of strikes the country has seen for decades unless management dials back its cost-saving plans.

The IG Metall trade union called for widespread labor strikes at all Volkswagen plants in Germany from Monday, after negotiations over looming job cuts fell through last week. The German ...