The works council chief of VW Saxony, Uwe Kunstmann, resigns from his offices in the Zwickau vehicle. The overall works council chairman turned to the employees in which he justified his retreat with personal misconduct, as the company confirmed. Kunstmann informed the company about his planned step in advance, said a VW spokesman. First, the “Freie Presse Chemnitz” reported on the personnel. The background is therefore a traffic accident in July, which the fifties caused at his own. Kunstmann thus draws consequences from “serious personal mistakes”, which he had committed as a private individual. He made the decision to avert damage from the workforce and the company. Double withdrawal at the top VW Saxony did not comment on the decision of his overall works council chairman. “We accept his decision and thank you for working in his function.” Until the end of September, Kunstmann will be active in his offices to ensure an orderly transformation process. The works council work at the end of the works, said a spokesman for the overall works council of Volkswagen AG. “In this respect, the announcement by our colleague Uwe Kunstmann, to withdraw on road traffic because of his misconduct, is consistent and correct.” Regardless of this, the workforce at Volkswagen in Saxony Kunstmann owes a lot. His commitment to co -determination was tireless. “This fact is not reduced by its mistake”. Pioneering location under pressure Corporate spokesman said that the personnel came for VW Saxony at the end of a “difficult week”. Just a day before, Kunstmann’s deputy Kristin or her resignation had announced to the middle of the month. According to the company, the works council vice-chief wants to reorient itself professionally. The IG Metall must now determine the successor until October in order to represent the interests of employees on site but also in the top of the group in Wolfsburg. The next works council election at VW Saxony will be pending in the coming January. More on the Themada’s work in Zwickau-like other VW locations-is increasingly under pressure due to the austerity course prescribed across the group. Zwickau is VW pioneer in the production of electric cars. As the first location, the car factory has only produced fully electric vehicles since November 2019. Almost every second approved electric car from the Volkswagen Group comes from Zwickau, but the demand for the vehicles still weakens. That is why many temporary contracts had not already been extended and the night shift was deleted by the two production lines. Large hopes put VW in new, cheap electric models: On Sunday, the “IAA Mobility” automotive fair opens the doors for specialist audience. Among other things, VW has announced the world premieres of several small electric cars from the Volkswagen, Cupra and Škoda brands.
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