GERMANY: VW workers fearful for their future
More than 40,000 workers in Volkswagen’s plant in Wolfsburg and other German production sites stopped work for an hour yesterday…
Porsche closes in on Volkswagen
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GERMANY: VW plants to stop for one hour today
All six German Volkswagen plants will stop for one hour today while the workers hold meetings to discuss changes to…
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COMMENT: Change in VW Law could lead to increased outsourcing
Volkswagen has been the slowest car maker to outsource component manufacturing operations, but the change in the ‘Volkswagen Law’ could…
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GERMANY: VW workers to down tools for three hours on Wednesday
Production at all Volkswagen plants, including the Auto 5000 subsidiary, may stop for three hours on Wednesday as part of…
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GERMANY: VW unions and Porsche squaring up
Workers at Volkswagen have lost their legal attempt to stop Porsche establishing a European holding company in a move that…
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BELGIUM: European Court overturns ‘VW law’
As expected, the European Court of Justice has today overturned the so-called 'Volkswagen law' that dates back to the 1960s and…
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COMMENT: Volkswagen – still more questions than answers
Volkswagen’s peculiar German rules that kept takeovers at bay and Lower Saxony wielding disproportionate influence will have to be dismantled…
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GERMANY: VW law faces EU court defeat
The European Court of Justice is expected to rule on Tuesday against the so-called 'Volkswagen Law'. That could pave the…
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GERMANY: Porsche not negotiatiating with VW workers
The dispute between the Volkswagen works council and Porsche management over collective bargaining continues. Porsche’s chief executive, Wendelin Wiedeking, told…
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GERMANY: Lower Saxony has no intention of selling VW shares
The German state of Lower Saxony has no intention of selling its 20.35% stake in Volkswagen despite the current high…