Volkswagen

Wave of strikes and agreements in Brazilian car industry

Ed — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:53:24 +0000

On September 1, workers at the Volkswagen-Audi factory in the city of Curitiba began a one-week strike. Workers at the Volvo and Renault/Nissan plants in the same town also went on strike on the same day.

During that week, 24-hour strikes occurred at Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Mercedes Benz and Scania in cities in the interior of Sao Paulo state.

Brazil: Autoworkers vote to continue strike

Alex... — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:20:38 +0000

Workers began their strike on Tuesday in support of demands for wage increases to deal with rising inflation. Three Volkswagen, Nissan, and Renault owned plants in the southern state of Parana have been affected, causing a production loss of about 6,600 vehicles.

Leaflet: Gaining as much as possible from Škoda´s profit!

guadia — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:14:49 +0000

GAINING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM ŠKODA´S PROFIT!

VW workers approve longer hours despite wildcat strikes

Steven. — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:03:07 +0000

Previously the plan had met with wildcat strikes and demonstrations occured against closure (see picture, above).

Businessweek.com reported the acceptance of the deal "as a necessary move to keep the slimmed-down factory open and guarantee employment."

Brussels: Volkswagen strike enters third week

catch — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:56:49 +0000

Workers have blockaded the factory, and up to 25,000 people have been involved in protest marches

4,000 Job losses at VW plant in Forest

jef costello — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:34:44 +0000

Of the 4,000 facing redundancy only 400 will be able to take early retirement, leaving the rest of the employees stranded in an area already crippled by production. Union bosses have estimated a further 6,000 job losses with local suppliers.

First strike for thirteen years at Skoda, Czech Republic, 2005

Steven. — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:22:07 +0000

30 March: Some 12,000 of the 21,000 employees at Skoda walked off the job for an hour on the 30th of March, putting the company 240 cars under its daily quota of about 2,000.

VW cut wages and lengthen hours in Germany, 2005

Steven. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:35:04 +0000

Analysis of wage policies at VW in Germany.

New wage-model at VW, Germany, 2004

Steven. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:28:59 +0000

Article analysing new wage structures for 5,000 new manufacturing jobs at Volkswagen in Germany.

One week wildcat strike at General Motors/Opel in Bochum, 2004

Steven. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:09:33 +0000

Extensive background information and analysis, and an account of a wildcat strike of Opel/GM car workers in Germany.