Volkswagen: Cavallo warnt vor Abbau von bis zu 115.000 VW-Jobs in Deutschland

Volkswagen's worker's side has warned of up to 115,000 job losses in Germany if the company's management implements its additional downsizing plans and finds no suitable successor for four German plants. The figure comes from an internal communication obtained by Handelsblatt, according to Daniela Cavallo, the General Works Council President.

The warning was triggered by remarks made by VW CEO Oliver Blume to more than 10,000 employees at the Wolfsburger Stammwerk. During a subsequent workers' assembly, Blume outlined how severely Germany could be affected by the next round of cost-cutting. "In our view, about half of the adjustment needs will fall on Germany," Blume stated.

The remaining half will affect the company's international business, spread across around 170 subsidiaries. Blume has been discussing a computational adjustment need of around 50,000 positions worldwide for weeks, with half of that amount, roughly 25,000 jobs, in Germany. Cavallo adds the already agreed-upon 50,000 positions that VW, Audi, Porsche, and Cariad plan to shed socially compatible in Germany by 2030.

An additional 40,000 jobs are also at risk, according to the works council, if the VW plants in Emden, Hannover, and Zwickau, and the Audi plant in Neckarsulm remain without successor in the next decade. This number is an estimate by the worker's side, not an official target set by the management.