Volkswagen has actually still absent future prepare for brand name, claims jobs council employer

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen has thus far absent a prepare for just how to make its name brand name extra affordable, the head of the team’s jobs council stated in a handout to personnel, including administration continued to be exclusively concentrated on work expenses.

The remarks by Daniela Cavallo come as Europe’s leading carmaker and effective union contest possible manufacturing facility closures and task cuts as component of the team’s initiatives to decrease expenses, with the 2nd round of arrangements set up forOct 30, the day Volkswagen will certainly launch third-quarter outcomes.

“The Board of Management has still not presented a coherent overall concept for how it intends to strategically lead Volkswagen into the future with the right products, processes and plans,” Cavallo stated in the handout seen by Reuters.

“Instead, it continues to focus solely on issues such as labour and factory costs.”

The declaration mirrors expanding worries amongst employees over possible personnel cuts, something Volkswagen decreases to dismiss as it has a hard time to locate means to readjust its set up in Europe to reduced need and a diminishing market.

Workers will certainly hold celebrations at numerous of Volkswagen’s manufacturing facilities in Germany, consisting of at the carmaker’s head office in Wolfsburg, onOct 28, to educate personnel regarding the present circumstance, Cavallo stated.

(Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Miranda Murray)