VW tariff round escalated: 13 hours of negotiation and new warning strikes!

VW tariff round escalated: 13 hours of negotiation and new warning strikes!

In the collective bargaining between Volkswagen and IG Metall, the situation is heading. After an intensive first day of negotiations in Hanover, which started on Monday at 10 a.m. and lasted 13 hours, a night break was taken. The talks have the goal of reaching an agreement before Christmas, but the pressure on both sides increases. Due to the tense financial situation of the group, VW demands a reduction in wages of ten percent, while IG Metall is demanding a employment guarantee for around 130,000 employees. An important topic is also possible factory closures and operational terminations that, according to VW, threaten due to high costs and low utilization, such as [Black Forest Messenger] (https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.autocrise-vw-tarster-erstreistlungstag-nach- after 330f21cb-975f-4314-af30-36D3c.html) reported.

warning strikes increase the pressure

For the fourth tariff round on Monday there will be nine VW locations. IG Metall has decided to increase the pressure on the company before negotiations. The union considers VW's proposals to reduce wages and to terminate the employment guarantee as unacceptable. Despite already minor production failures at the first warning strikes, VW has announced that it has to take precautions to minimize the effects on production. IG Metall, on the other hand, made it clear that a long conflict could seriously harm the company, emphasized industry expert Frank Schwope, as in a report by the Frankfurter Neue Presse mentioned.