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Volkswagen CEO Faces Acid Test From Unions over Swingeing Job Cut Plans
The plan would add about 50,000 job cuts and close up to four plants as Volkswagen faces pressure from unions and key shareholders.
- Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume will present a structural overhaul to the supervisory board in Wolfsburg on July 9, proposing four plant closures and roughly 50,000 job cuts to counter competitive pressures.
- Mounting pressure from Chinese rivals, shrinking margins, and stiff United States tariffs drive the proposal, which seeks to exceed a 2024 restructuring that eliminated 35,000 jobs by 2030 without requiring factory closures.
- The recent departure of Susanne Wiegand from the supervisory board leaves labour representatives holding 10 of the 19 seats, effectively stripping Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch of his decisive casting vote.
- Independent auto analyst Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer noted, "Without the labour union, you can't take any action," as unions and key shareholders oppose the overhaul, with critics arguing cost-cutting alone is not a strategy.
- Investment firm DWS questioned whether the automaker's future lies in Wolfsburg or Anhui, China, urging leadership to take a more critical look at the company's array of brands rather than merely managing crises.
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·New York, United States
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Oliver Blume presents the most radical savings plan in VW history. Four German works are at stake, 100,000 jobs could fall. However, the figures conceal what is really at stake.
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