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The carmaker and IG Metall reached an agreement early on Wednesday morning.
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According to an insider, the 125,000 VW employees in western Germany receive significantly higher wages. The IG Metall trade union and the Wolfsburg carmaker agreed early on Wednesday morning on a new company tariff that would provide for two-step increases in income of 8.5 percent and a one-off payment of EUR 3,000 net over a period of two years, said a person with knowledge of the agreement. The agreement reached after long negotiations is based on the pilot agreement reached in Baden-Württemberg for the metal and electrical industry. IG Metall invited to a press conference in Hanover at 9:00 a.m., at which the details of the deal were to be presented.