Warning strikes at Volkswagen: thousands fight for their jobs!

Warning strikes at Volkswagen: thousands fight for their jobs!

In a dramatic wave of warning strikes, more than 10,000 employees at Volkswagen have laid down the work at almost all German locations. The protest that with loud speech choirs such as "ready to strike! Nationwide!" was accompanied in front of the board of directors in Wolfsburg, aims at massive cuts that the group wants to enforce in the context of its billion -dollar savings plans. With these actions, IG Metall sets a clear sign against the wage cuts of ten percent demanded by VW as well as against impending factory closures and operational terminations, which have been announced in the entire industry. Employee representatives suffered a first setback when VW rejected a common concept to avoid termination on Friday as inadequate, as krone.at

The movement spreads out

The first warning strike started in Zwickau and quickly spread to the main plant in Wolfsburg. Until the end of the day, work layouts are temporarily planned for nine of the ten VW locations, with each layer being paralyzed for two hours each. "This is just a warning," emphasized IG Metall negotiator Thorsten Gröger and added that an escalation threatened if the group does not let off its maximum demands. The next round of negotiations will take place on December 9th and could be decisive for the future of the 120,000 VW employees, whose salaries and jobs are at stake, so