Workers at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany will strike for several hours on Monday, IG Metall union said, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations.
Volkswagen workers will go on warning strikes on Monday at all plants, Germany's IG Metall union said, marking the first large-scale walkouts at Volkswagen's domestic operations since 2018.
Volkswagen , under pressure by high costs and Chinese competition, brushed off union proposals for cost savings on Friday, just days ahead of planned walkouts meant to avoid unprecedented plant closures.
India has issued a notice to German automaker Volkswagen for allegedly evading $1.4 billion in taxes by "wilfully" paying lesser import tax on components for its Audi, VW and Skoda cars, a document shows, in what is one of the biggest such demands.
Volkswagen has faced major criticism from activists and investors over its interest in the Xinjiang factory which it first opened in 2013
Volkswagen will exit its controversial plant in China's Xinjiang region after it and its Chinese partner agreed to sell the asset to a Shanghai government-owned buyer, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
VWAGY significantly reduces its 21% stake in Northvolt and signs a contract with Novonix to procure synthetic graphite material.
Volkswagen bet big on European-made batteries a few years ago with two massive investments in Northvolt, the Swedish manufacturer. Now, the automaker's €1.4 billion stake is worth less than half that, according to Reuters.
Volkswagen , Northvolt's top shareholder, has significantly written down its 21% stake in the Swedish battery cells maker that filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States last week, two people familiar with the matter said.
Volkswagen Group (XETRA:VOW) has “little to gain” in continuing to sell flagship branded cars in the US after the departure of its chief executive there, Stifel analysts have argued. “VW should rethink its regional strategy,” Stifel said in a note in the wake of last week's news that Pablo Di Si would step down in favour of Kjell Gruner as the firm's US head.
Volkswagen sees no chance of avoiding layoffs and plant closures in order to cut 4 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in costs, the brand's chief executive said in a newspaper interview, amid an escalating dispute with workers.
Volkswagen labour representatives have voted for limited strikes from early December, according to a statement from regional IG Metall trade union on Friday.