Germany: without an agreement before Christmas, strike action is scheduled for start of 2025 at Volskwagen

The fourth meeting between the German automaker's social partners took place on Monday 9 December against a backdrop of massive warning strikes. Although eagerly awaited, the meeting failed to produce a compromise; the talks got down to brass tacks but mutual demands remain high and far apart. If no result is achieved on 16 and 17 December, IG Metall will ask its members to vote on whether to hold a hard strike from the first days of 2025.

By Thomas Schnee. Published on 10 December 2024 à 16h35 - Update on 11 December 2024 à 18h08
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The fourth round of negotiations at Volkswagen ended on Monday without a result at the company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg. To mark the occasion, the IG Metall union launched a second wave of warning strikes involving 68,000 employees at nine of the group’s 10 German plants. The management negotiator, Arne Meiswinkel (HR director), said on Monday evening, after around seven hours of talks,…

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