Worker Strikes Escalate Across Nine Volkswagen Factories

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As labor and management dispute over the future of the automaker’s German business, workers at nine Volkswagen cars and component plants in Germany began several hour strikes Monday stopping assembly lines.

At the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg thousands of people gathered. The Hanover plant which employs over 14,000 people as well as other car and component companies like Emden, Salzgitter and Brunswick also started protests.

According to union sources, a two hour walkout at Volkswagen’s main plant in Wolfsburg alone prevents the production of hundreds of vehicles including the recognizable Golf.

At a time when the company is already dealing with declining deliveries and falling profits, the strikes will cut into Volkswagen’s output and could turn into 24 hour or endless pauses if a compromise is not reached in the upcoming pay negotiations.

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The company respected the worker’s right to strike as said by the company spokesperson and had taken measures to minimize the impact of the strike and guarantee a minimal level of supplies to customers.

Last week, Europe’s largest automaker rejected the union’s proposed measures which included forgoing bonuses for 2025 and 2026 that it claimed would save 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion).

Volkswagen has called for a 10% pay cut claiming that in order to maintain market dominance, it must reduce expenses and increase profits. Additionally for the first time in its 87 year history, the corporation is threatening to close factories in Germany.

Workers at Volkswagen AG’s German facilities are now free to go on strike starting on Sunday after an agreement to stay away from protests canceled on Saturday.

Employees of Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH’s subsidiaries including Volkswagen’s EV only Zwickau plant were urged by the labor union to go on strike on Monday and Tuesday.

Unions said they will oppose any offers that do not offer a long term strategy for every Volkswagen plant as negotiations for a new labor agreement resume on December 9. 


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