Volkswagen
The new company concept leads to great insecurity on the employee side.
Wolfsburg in the dispute over possible further savings Volkswagen has works council chief Bernd Osterloh Reliable economic concepts demanded by the board, Workplace safety comes first, “we reject experiments at the expense of employees,” said Osterloh at the annual works council meeting on Thursday.
numerous Questions of the employee side to the executive committee are still unanswered – including the true cost of “failure” in the certification of each model according to the new exhaust test standard WLTP.
The background: Volkswagen had recently announced in the next five years in addition 5000 to 7000 places are omitted. It is therefore envisaged that positions in the age-related leaving of employees will not be filled again. Osterloh had criticized, the board is not in a position to explain this magnitude.
The head of the works council recently demanded employment protection for the core brand VW Passenger Cars by the end of 2028 at all German locations. Thus, the previous regulations would be adjusted – so far there is the guarantee until the end of 2025 from the “future pact” called austerity package and job security until the end of 2028 for the factories Emden and Hannover.
According to the employee representatives, the works councils from across the Group see their most important task in job security, given the company’s situation. “The Group is changing faster than ever,” said Osterloh. “That worries many colleagues.”
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In addition to the transition to e-mobility, the Group – like the entire industry – must also tackle digitization. Last November, Volkswagen announced plans to invest € 44 billion in digitization, autonomous driving and e-mobility over the next five years.
AudiJoint Works Council Chairman Peter Mosch called on the board not to “talk badly” about the brand: “Because Audi is not a rehabilitation case. It still generates decent profits. “However, the workforce is unsettled. Porsche Works Council Director Werner Weresch said the pressure from the board is increasing. The works council meeting is considered the most important meeting of employee representatives of VW, Porsche, Audi and other group companies.
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