Germany's largest labor union has announced a strike at all Volkswagen plants

At all plants of Volkswagen car concern from Monday, December 2, will begin strikes against the reduction of production and some employees. This was reported on December 1 by the portal Tagesschau with reference to the statement of Germany's largest trade union IG Metall.

"IG Metall has called for warning strikes. As of tomorrow, Volkswagen will cease work completely. There is little movement at the bargaining table so far," the statement said.

IG Metall spokesman Torsten Gröger said the company must answer how long its conflict with workers will continue. According to him, if necessary, the toughest possible fight will unfold at the next collective bargaining sessions.

As journalists have specified, on Thursday, November 28, the third round of these discussions ended inconclusively. The next meeting of representatives of the parties is expected on December 9.

Earlier, on October 30, Volkswagen during negotiations with IG Metall offered to cut workers' salaries by 10% to save jobs. The company said it could not meet the union's demands, which included a 7% wage increase and reinstatement of collective bargaining agreements. Before that, Volkswagen and BMW employees began the first wave of strikes in Germany on October 29.

The protests followed the announcement of Volkswagen Group's plans to close three plants in the country and cut tens of thousands of employees to reduce costs. It was reported that the measure would affect plants in Osnabrück, Dresden and Emden. According to Bloomberg, Volkswagen's profit fell in the third quarter of 2024 to the lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic.