Germany: the conflict between Porsche SE and Volkswagen’s EWC on staff representation still on

After failing to reach an out-of-court settlement with Porsche Automobil Holding AE, VW's EWC just obtained the deferment to April 29, 2008 of the appeal originally planned for February 13. Volkswagen's EWC and the IG Metall want to use this time to put their demands for better representation of Volkswagen's employees in Porsche SE's WC and supervisory board at the centre of the debates at Volkswagen's general assembly, which will take place on April 24, 2008. (Ref. 080106)
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Since it was impossible to find an out-of-court agreement, Porsche SE and Volkswagen’s WC lawyers were supposed to meet on February 13, 2008 in front of the Stuttgart labour court. The latter must adjudicate on the appeal against the ruling rendered on October 24, 2007. At the time, judges had repudiated VW’s WC’s complaint which stated that Volkswagen’s employees – 324.000, as opposed to 12.000 for Porsche AG – were underrepresented in the new structures of the holing Porsche SE. Indeed, VW st

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