VW says U.S. workers to decide if they wish to unionizeMarch 28, 2013 10:18 CET  Volkswagen of America says workers at its Chattanooga plant in Tennessee will have the chance to decide whether they want to unionize and expects them to have a ''strong voice'' in operations at the factory.... Read More »
RESTRUCTURING German union bosses approve Opel deal despite splitMarch 27, 2013 18:02 CET  German trade union IG Metall's federal executive board approved a labor deal with Opel, paving the way for the unit to begin restructuring its domestic operations.... Read More »
PRODUCTION Opel union seeks talks over Bochum future after workers reject dealMarch 22, 2013 12:07 CET  Opel union leaders are seeking talks over the future of the General Motors unit's Bochum, Germany, car factory after workers rejected a deal that would have saved more than a third of the jobs at the location.... Read More »
LABOR RELATIONS German union chief to VW Tennessee workers: Join UAWMarch 21, 2013 06:01 CET  The UAW has won the backing of the head of the German IG Metall union in its effort to represent the hourly workers at Volkswagen AG's Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant.... Read More »
German union chief to VW Tennessee workers: Join UAW 4:42 pm U.S. ET | March 20, 2013  The UAW has won the backing of the head of an influential German union in its effort to represent the hourly workers at Volkswagen AG's Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant.... Read More »
Opel to freeze pay as Ford's Belgian workers agree on severanceMarch 15, 2013 15:19 CET GM and Ford won employees' approval in Europe for labor-cost cut plans to restore earnings in the region in response to a recession that's reducing vehicle sales. Manufacturing workers at Ford's plant in Genk, Belgium, and its suppliers will end walkouts after agreeing to severance packages.... Read More »
GM, Ford secure cuts in labor costs in Europe 9:19 am U.S. ET | March 15, 2013  GM and Ford won employees’ approval in Europe for labor-cost reductions to restore earnings in the region in response to a recession that’s reducing vehicle sales.... Read More »
GM guarantees Opel jobs after unions agree to factory closure, pay freezeFeb. 28, 2013 13:01 CET  Opel labor leaders agreed with management to the closure of the Bochum car plant in Germany at the end of 2016 in exchange for job guarantees for 20,000 German workers.... Read More »
Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn to take 20% pay cut, report saysFeb. 17, 2013 13:16 CET  Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn will be paid 14 million euros ($18.7 million) for 2012, 20 percent less than the previous year, a German magazine reported.... Read More »
Opel labor talks resume Friday with no end in sightFeb. 14, 2013 15:19 CET  German labor leaders will return to the negotiating table with Opel for two days of talks starting Friday. Representatives of the workforce say there are still "major points" left to clarify between the two sides including the future of 3,000 employees at Bochum's assembly plant, due to close before the end of 2016.... Read More »
Winterkorn seeks to cut his VW pay ahead of wage talksFeb. 8, 2013 14:49 CET  VW CEO Martin Winterkorn proposed that he should take a self-imposed pay cut as the automaker prepares for wage talks with production staff in western Germany.... Read More »
VW German workers want a pay hike of up to 6.5%Jan. 31, 2013 13:51 CET  Workers at Volkswagen's German factories may seek as much as 6.5 percent more pay this year, demanding a share of the company's record sales, VW's top labor representative said.... Read More »
Opel union seeks job guarantees for Bochum closureJan. 30, 2013 06:01 CET  German trade union IG Metall wants GM to guarantee no Opel employee at the Bochum car plant will join the ranks of the unemployed once production ends.... Read More »
Opel union spurns GM's demand for wage freezeJan. 23, 2013 10:40 CET  German trade union IG Metall said it will not accept demands by General Motors to freeze wages for workers at its money-losing Opel division in Germany.... Read More »
Opel wants to reduce working hours at key German plant due to Europe crisisAug. 16, 2012 10:12 CET  Opel is in talks with the IG Metall union and worker representatives to shorten working hours at its main German plant in Ruesselsheim, near Frankfurt, the automaker says.... Read More »
GM seen by analysts as a step away from giving up on OpelJuly 16, 2012 09:15 CET  Just hours after General Motors announced Karl-Friedrich Stracke was quitting as CEO of Opel last week, industry observers were already beginning to ask whether it was time to start writing the troubled European unit's epitaph.... Read More »
Opel's Girsky wants changes made at carmaker, report saysJuly 14, 2012 16:01 CET  Opel interim CEO Stephen Girsky said changes have to be made at the carmaker to revitalize it, a German newspaper said, citing his e-mail to staff. "Our successful revitalization demands from all of us the readiness to do things differently in the business," Girsky said. GM named Girsky to his position at Opel on Thursday.... Read More »
GM, Opel union want restructuring plan ready by NovemberJune 14, 2012 13:46 CET General Motors and German labor union IG Metall have given themselves just over four months to create a "roadmap" to help restructure the money-losing operations of the U.S. carmaker's European brand Opel.... Read More »
Volkswagen's German workers win 4.3% pay riseMay 31, 2012 07:46 CET  Volkswagen has agreed a new pay deal with the IG Metall union to raise wages for its German workers by 4.3 percent. VW also agreed to create an additional annual 175 training positions and offer permanent contracts to up to 3000 temporary workers.... Read More »
VW's union won't lobby U.S. plant workers to join UAW 4:15 pm U.S. ET | May 24, 2012  A top German union official will explain to hourly employees at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in early June that his group will not pressure them to join the UAW, the automaker's top labor representative said today.... Read More »
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