The aim of the contract negotiations between the Volkswagen board, works council and the IG Metall union is directly the opposite of the workers. While the union bureaucracy are negotiating how to realise the cuts demanded by management,

Volkswagen workers protest ahead of talks over a new labor agreement for its German plants:: Hanover, Germany ::Jana Feuerbach, Volkswagen employee"Secure projects, a secure workplace. That's what we want - in other words,

German auto giant Volkswagen has rejected union demands for pay increases and instead threatened cost cuts during initial collective bargaining negotiations with labour leaders on Wednesday. Labour leaders said VW bosses also refused to provide more details about possible mass layoffs and plant closures that have been threatened by VW management