VW and union to discuss concerns over restructuring next week, source says
Volkswagen, union representatives to meet next week
BERLIN, Sept. 23 (Reuters) - Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE and labour representatives will meet next week to discuss the German automaker's radical overhaul, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, after the IG Metall union summoned management over concerns about the cuts.
Representatives for the company, IG Metall and the works council will meet in Hanover on Sept. 30, the source involved in the negotiations said.
Financial newspaper Handelsblatt was the first to report the date.
Earlier this month, IG Metall said it would invoke a special clause in its landmark 2024 labour agreement with Volkswagen, demanding that the company stick to employment and investment commitments made in that deal.
The move marked an escalation in the fight for Volkswagen's future. The group's fractious supervisory board signed off on a plan earlier this month to double layoffs to some 100,000 people, but many details have yet to be agreed.
German production sites are under particular pressure, with four plants facing possible closure from early next decade.
