Daniela Cavallo stated on Monday that this places “VW Works itself and thus the nature of the company” at risk. Under her administration, there will be no place closures. She even wants to keep the job security that has been in business since 1994, Cavallo suggested NDR Niedersachsen on Monday. She is training for difficult negotiations. “We have to bring it to the table quickly,” stated the works committee chairwoman. It’s not only about collective contracts but also around strategic questions about the future direction of the business – particularly about the control from combustion motors to electric mobility. The crew is currently extremely uncertain, said the appointments council chairwoman.
VW works boss Schäfer: “The problem is overly tense”
VW Works Council said, that the brand’s leadership believes at least one vehicle manufacturer and one branch plant in Germany to be dispensable. Volkswagen did not reveal on Monday which works could be at stake. VW also revealed that it intends to complete the job security that had been approved until 2029. According to the VW control board, the previously scheduled job cuts through partisan retirement and severance costs are no longer adequate to reach the safety targets set. The situation is “extremely tight” and can no extent be determined through “simple savings estimates”, presented VW boss Thomas Schäfer in a missive to the force on Monday. This indicates that sameness for operational causes is likely to be likely from next year.
Because: “The inquiry of closing areas must not appear”
Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) also remarked on VW’s information on Monday. He hopes that “the inquiry of closing areas” will not arise. The state will experience very energetically and constructively in the words that will now track, said Weil. The guide will be mainly on the possibilities of the Lower Saxony areas and the employment there. The board of directors, the jobs council, and the association must now “enter into charging and result-oriented negotiations very fast,” stated Weil.
IG Metall: “Don’t take out mismanagement on the rears of colleagues”
The IG Metall coalition criticized the report by the VW board. The board had given a “reckless plan,” said IG Metall district director Thorsten Gröger, according to a report on Monday. He insists that the board create a sustainable system that will make Volkswagen competitive in the lengthy term and closed jobs. The mismanagement of the one-time few years must not be taken out on the rears of colleagues, express Gröger.
Kornblum: “No closure of the Braunschweig works”
Wolfsburg’s mayor Dennis Weilmann (CDU) believes that the metropolis of Wolfsburg will help VW’s preferred path “as best as potential”. The right conclusions must now be create for VW and beyond all for the Wolfsburg location, told Weilmann. Braunschweig’s mayor Thorsten Kornblum (SPD) acknowledges that the Braunschweig manufacturer must not be ended. “We will battle for our plant and the employment,” he told NDR Niedersachsen. To be capable of assessing the results for the companies and jobs established in Braunschweig. The city will instantly seek contact with VW – even to be able to assess the effects for the city and the province.
