The company Volkswagen (Volkswagen) announced today that it plans to close at least three factories in Germany.
The head of the employee council, Daniela Cavallo, said at a meeting with Volkswagen workers at the company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg that management is also planning cuts at other locations, vowing to resist those plans, German news agency DPA reported.
Volkswagen has around 120,000 employees in 10 factories in Germany. There was no comment from the company itself about these plans.
Volkswagen announced at the beginning of September that the situation in the automotive industry is such that the closure of factories in the home country cannot be ruled out and that it must abandon its promise to protect jobs without layoffs until 2029.
General manager Oliver Blume cited new competitors entering the European markets, the deteriorating position of Germany as a production location and “the need to act decisively” as the reasons.
European automakers are facing increased competition from cheap Chinese electric cars. Volkswagen said last month that the company’s half-year results showed it would not reach its target of 10 billion euros in savings by 2026.
The industrial union IG Metall strongly criticized the announced plans to close the factories.
“We expect that Volkswagen and its management at the negotiating table, instead of fantasizing about downsizing, will outline sustainable concepts for the future,” regional union leader Thorsten Groger said.
Wage talks between Volkswagen and the union are due to resume on Wednesday.
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The German government is asking Volkswagen to save jobs
The German government has called on Volkswagen (VW) to protect jobs, as workers’ representatives announced plans to close at least three factories in the country and lay off tens of thousands of employees.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s position is clear, said a government spokesman in Berlin.
“Namely, possible wrong decisions of the management in the past should not be borne by the workers,” said the spokesperson.
The goal is to save and secure jobs in the automotive company.
The president of VW’s works council, Daniela Cavallo, said earlier on Monday that the concern plans to close at least three plants and layoffs at all other plants in Germany.
Kavalo and other workers’ representatives have promised to oppose any attempt at dismissal.
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