VW employee Zwickau: Dying by installments - Politics and management have failed
The remaining temporary employees at the VW plant in Zwickau sharply criticize the company's management and politics in an open letter. The year 2024 felt like a "death by installments," it says in the letter circulated by IG Metall. There had already been setbacks since 2023 when demand for electric cars plummeted, and the first employees with fixed-term contracts had to leave. Currently, there are still about 1,000 temporary employees in Zwickau, and even the permanent employees work in uncertainty.
"We feel abandoned by politics and the board," write the employees. The politicians have failed to create the conditions for attractive e-mobility. The VW board has been talking for two years about the need for a "product firework." "None of that is visible. They have also failed to enhance our existing products to make them desirable in the market." Zwickau is a pure electric car location after a plant conversion.
«Most Important Industry Sector on the Brink»
The politicians and the VW leadership must finally take action now. Neither party-political interests should be at the forefront, nor should a "solely dividend-related corporate policy" set the tone.
"This is not just about temporary employment contracts in the company's former showcase plant; it is now about the most important industry sector of the Federal Republic of Germany, which is on the brink!"
The car manufacturer VW is in crisis; plant closures and layoffs are on the table. In the ongoing wage negotiations, the company is demanding a ten percent salary cut from the employees. In contrast, IG Metall is demanding the preservation of all sites and a job guarantee for the approximately 130,000 employees.
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