German Volkswagen workers threaten escalatory strike over deadlocked talks on jobs and pay cut

Thousands of angry Volkswagen (VW) workers went on a four-hour-long warning strikes across Germany on Monday (December 9) and gathered at the carmaker’s Wolfsburg headquarters, demanding plans for wage cuts and plant closures be scrapped.

Unions have threatened strike action at an unprecedented scale from 2025 if an agreement is not reached this year.

More than 100,000 staff at nine plants across the country laid down tools last week in the largest strikes ever seen at the carmaker, protesting against management's stance that wages must be cut and capacity downsized for the VW brand to stay competitive.

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Then things get worse... 😭😭 Germany's industry chaos has no end in sight.

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