(RTTNews) – German auto main Volkswagen Group (VKW.L, VLKAF.PK, VOW.BE) introduced Tuesday that it’s persevering with negotiations with German commerce union IG Metall on the 2024 collective bargaining spherical.
The negotiating committees of Volkswagen and IG Metall Decrease Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt continued talks on the corporate’s in-house collective settlement, which is targeted on an in-depth change of views on all features of the present collective bargaining course of.
The calls for and proposals of each the IG Metall and Volkswagen have been mentioned collaboratively, the corporate famous.
Concerning the fourth spherical of negotiations, Arne Meiswinkel, lead negotiator at Volkswagen, stated, “Immediately’s discussions have been constructive, however we stay considerably aside on an answer. We now want value reductions that may be applied within the brief time period and have a long-lasting impact. That is how we safe our future.”
Volkswagen’s firm collective settlement applies to round 120,000 staff at its varied vegetation and models.
The following negotiation date has been set for December 16.
Meiswinkel added that additional collaboration is required to establish further monetary alternatives, and that the objective stays to seek out short-term and sustainable measures to cut back prices as a way to safe the corporate’s competitiveness in the long run.
On the identical time, discussions are ongoing on the firm degree with the Normal Works Council primarily concerning overcapacity and manufacturing facility prices within the German vegetation.
The event comes as employees are putting at 9 of Volkswagen’s vegetation throughout Germany, protesting proposed cuts on the carmaker.
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