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Fear and Compromise: How Volkswagen Struck a Deal over Historic Job Cuts - Regional Media News
The agreement averts a clash with unions and state leaders as Volkswagen seeks to cut costs and protect operations under pressure from China and U.S. tariffs.
By Christina Amann and Christoph Steitz BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Sept 4 (Reuters) - In a tense meeting on Wednesday afternoon at Volkswagen's headquarters in Wolfsburg, three of the firm's biggest power players looked to thrash out an unlikely deal as the embattled carmaker veered towards full-blown crisis. [...]
Europe's largest car manufacturer has avoided a blockade, so his future is far from secure. How it came to an agreement – and how it is going to go on.
Volkswagen has managed to avert disaster. At a meeting on Thursday, the supervisory board approved a restructuring plan and major cuts, although it did not seem like an agreement between all parties, i.e. management, shareholders, unions and Lower Saxony, for a long time. Employee representatives and the federal government, which owns a fifth of the group,...