Volkswagen Workers Protest Plans to Close Plants

Volkswagen workers heckled CEO Oliver Blume as he defended plans to consider unprecedented factory closures in Germany. The company says flagging car sales have left it with about two plants too many, reports Elisabeth Behrmann.

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[shadowofpain]

Their bmw is dead to me, had two one I had to remove the fuel rail plenum and air box to replace a starter.
The next I had to pull the entire dash air bags etc to change the heater blower motor.
Labor is 100.00 bucks an hour. These are jobs that should only be 15 to 20 minutes.

[lesliecarter]

Herbert Diess screwed Volkswagen completely..?

[eskay]

Missing points from this report - high energy cost & wages in Germany. Realistically, current VW’s models are so dated and dead boring! Oh don’t blame the Chinese because you have nothing for them to spy on or copy!

[vistazo]

Sorry Work Force... very little leverage especially if you are not unionized.
CEO S, board and shareholders don't care ... they have Golden parachutes.

[Ese_osa]

Sanctions against Russia is working just fine 😂😂😂

[Zoe-cz]

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS IS BEFORE TIME BEGAN

[seymorefact]

🤩🤩BYD, XPENG, NIO, HUAWEI, ETC will be HIRING SKILLED WORKERS!

[Onyxno]

Low quality car . Low sale volume.
China car rising .

[deep.space.]

But cool, let's keep doing technology transfer to BYD, your competitor. Not that there's much left to be transferred anyway.

[AmazianLinsation]

Orange Man did it…but send in more migrants since that’s working out great 😂

[lastChang]

This is what heavily subsidized Chinese 🇨🇳 electric cars can do to your jobs and your country's economy.