Volkswagen: VW-Chef Blume sucht „belastbare Perspektiven“ für alle Standorte
Bei einer Reihe von Betriebsversammlungen muss VW-Chef Blume erklären, wie er den Autokonzern neu aufstellen will. Werksschließungen seien dabei die „letzte und teuerste Lösung“.
Wolfsburg and Düsseldorf - Volkswagen's workforce division warns of significant job cuts in Germany, estimating up to 115,000 vulnerable positions if the management implements additional reduction plans for four German plants without finding suitable follow-up contracts. This comes from an internal communication obtained by Handelsblatt.
The trigger was remarks made by VW Group CEO Oliver Blume to more than 10,000 employees at the Wolfsburg headquarters. During a plant assembly meeting on Tuesday, he detailed for the first time how severely Germany could be affected by the next austerity round. "From a present perspective, roughly half of the adjustment needs would fall on Germany," said the CEO.
The other half would impact the international business across approximately 170 companies. Blume has been discussing a calculated adjustment need of around 50,000 additional positions globally for weeks. Half of that would equate to about 25,000 jobs in Germany. Cavallo adds to this the already agreed-upon 50,000 positions that are to be phased out socially compatibly at VW, Audi, Porsche, and Cariad by 2030.
Another 40,000 jobs would come according to the works council's view, should the VW plants in Emden, Hanover, and Zwickau and the Audi plant in Neckarsulm indeed stand alone from the next decade. The determined number of up to 115,000 positions is not an official target of the management.
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