Workers at Volkswagen plant in Germany went on strike

In Germany, employees of the Volkswagen automobile concern went on another strike, the Izvestia correspondent reported on December 2.

The workers gathered on the territory of the plant in Wolfsburg to oppose the closure of part of production and reduction of employees.

Union representatives reported earlier that the action will be the largest-scale one at the company's domestic facilities since 2018.

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

Prior to that, on October 28, Volkswagen Group said it was going to close three plants in Germany and cut tens of thousands of employees as part of the reorganization and to reduce costs. It was reported that the measure will affect plants in Osnabrück, Dresden and Emden. In the government of the Federal Republic of Germany the probable reason for these measures called the wrong decisions of the concern's management and called to save as many jobs as possible.