Before the fourth round of negotiations began, ARNE Meiswinkel, the chief negotiator of Volkswagen Group, said, “We need to continue to reduce costs and reduce production capacity.” After more than 7 hours of negotiations, Arne Meiswinkel said: “Obviously, after passing, after passing, after passing Today’s negotiations are far from the solution.
The German Metal Ig Metall Chief Negotiation representative, Thorsten Groeger, said that this is the first time that Volkswagen Group and Trade Unions have negotiated under the “constructive atmosphere”. The next round of negotiations are planned to be held on December 16.
Before the negotiations on December 9, Thorsten Groeger said that unless Volkswagen Group and Trade Unions can reach a settlement through negotiations, the union believes that there is no further room for negotiation this year, and will upgrade strikes to unprecedented levels in 2025.
It is reported that on December 9, the workers of Volkswagen Group faced the strikes of the factory that faced the threat of closure in Germany. Thousands of workers waved the banner, whistle, and marched to a square in Wolfsburg, where the company’s headquarters, to obey the leaders of the trade union.
At present, the number of workers in Volkswagen Group, which has held strikes throughout Germany, has reached a record level. Ig Metall said that in Wolfsburg, about 68,000 workers strikes for 4 hours in early and middle shifts, and the strikes of night shifts and night shifts continue.
The scope of this strike has exceeded the major union operations adopted by Volkswagen Group workers in 2018. At that time, more than 50,000 workers carried out the so -called “warning strike” in 6 factories.
Ig Metall said that except for the so -called “warning strike”, the history of Volkswagen Group workers has never held a real strike for 24 hours or longer.
Volkswagen Group has stated that the possibility of closing the German factories cannot be ruled out, and the union still firmly refuses to accept the company’s closing plant plan, which shows that there are still great differences between the two parties. Workers may eventually launch a 24 -hour or even endless strike, thereby increasing pressure on the company.