IG Metall, Germany’s largest union, has called for strikes at Volkswagen plants starting Monday, December 2. Protesters oppose wage cuts and business closures.
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According to the Bild newspaper, IG Metall is calling for “nationwide warning strikes” at the automaker’s factories. In the near future, according to a representative of the organization, “production will be temporarily suspended in all factories.”
“The frustration among workers is great,” Daniela Cavallo, head of the Volkswagen Group works council, told the newspaper. The company’s top manager believes that employees will react to the opportunity to “vent” through strikes.
Negotiations between the union and the automaker are scheduled for December 9. IG Metall representatives said they would increase pressure on the company ahead of negotiations.
Workers are protesting against a new internal pay rate for some 120,000 plant employees, under which the company temporarily rejects raises and reduces salaries by 10%.
In addition, Volkswagen is analyzing the closure of factories in Germany. At least three factories and “tens of thousands” of jobs are under threat of cuts.
In early November, Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume made a statement about the need to reduce costs due to the difficult market situation of the automotive industry in the context of competition with China. Human resources director Gunnar Kilian added that employees must be “prepared to accept cuts.”
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