( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “no longer needed.” Volkswagen workers have launched (conducted) rolling two-hour strikes at nine plants across Germany to underscore their resistance to pay cuts and factory closures. [CutID: <Cuts> VOLKSWAGEN-STRIKES-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 24s Title: VOLKSWAGEN-STRIKES-house-q-MONam Out-cue: no longer needed] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————– VERBATIM: The company says cuts […]
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VW workers hold 2-hour strikes against proposed pay cuts, plant closures
( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “no longer needed.”
Volkswagen workers have launched (conducted) rolling two-hour strikes at nine plants across Germany to underscore their resistance to pay cuts and factory closures.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The company says cuts are necessary to cope with a slack European auto market. The strikes were held as part of negotiations for a new labor agreement after a legally mandated peace period that bars strikes expired on Sunday. The company is demanding a 10% pay cut for 120,000 German workers and has said it can’t avoid shedding factory capacity that is no longer needed.