Germany: Volkswagen and Porsche’s EWCs want to settle their conflict

At the request of the future president of the IG Metall union, Berthold Huber, the two leaders of VW and Porsche's European works councils met on October 30, 2007, at the headquarters of IG Metall in Frankfurt to try and settle their conflict about the joint management rules within the future Porsche Automobil Holding SE (see our article No. 70885). On October 31, 2007, the employees of Volkswagen's six western factories should down tools for an hour to enable the WC to explain them this conflict's stakes. (Ref. 070904)

Through . Published on 31 October 2007 Ă  8h14 - Update on 31 October 2007 Ă  8h14

For weeks, Bernd Osterloh, chair of VW’s EWC, has been blaming Porsche’s management and works council for signing an agreement on staff representation in the future Porsche Holding which does not take into account the balance between the two companies’ workforces. Thus, in the end,…

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