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VW Admits It Has No Use for Four German Plants as Unions Threaten Action
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- Volkswagen management has held meetings with employees at eight German plants about the company’s future.
- The works council met in Hanover on August 31 as the crisis-hit automaker considers its production footprint.
- Management acknowledged that it has no use for four factories, prompting threats from trade unions.
Volkswagen’s management has admitted that four of its German factories have no clear use, intensifying tensions with employees and trade unions.
The company is completing a series of meetings across Germany focused on the future of the crisis-hit automaker. The works council met in Hanover on Monday, August 31, after talks at seven other factories during the previous week.
The discussions have brought the fate of Volkswagen’s plants into focus. Trade union representatives have threatened action as workers confront the prospect of major changes at the company’s domestic sites.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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