BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen and worker representatives in Germany will resume negotiations on Tuesday (17) on cost cuts in the country, after a 13-hour round of discussions on Monday failed to reach an agreement.
late on Monday night (16), that it was still “far from clear” whether this Tuesday’s negotiations would bring the two sides closer together or maintain the impasse, with unionists remaining against any solution involving the closure of the automaker’s factories in the country and the company insisting that it cannot rule out stopping installations.
Unions threaten an unprecedented strike in Germany in the new year if an agreement is not reached this week with the company.
“The don’t want to go into Christmas in fear,” Volkswagen works council chief Daniela Cavallo told union members outside the hotel before negotiations began on Monday, the fifth round since the start. of September.
(By Victoria Waldersee)
