Volkswagen Saxony terminates job security

According to IG Metall, the management of Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH has also terminated the job security agreement for the three sites in Zwickau, Chemnitz and Dresden. "The joint collective agreement and the social partnership are being trampled underfoot here," said District Manager Dirk Schulze, condemning the move. The move also calls into question the hiring of trainees. He announced resistance "against this attack on our jobs" ahead of the first wage negotiations at Volkswagen in Hanover on Wednesday.

"All locations must remain - in Saxony just as in the other regions," demanded Schulze. The employees from all VW plants are standing together and demanding a viable concept for the future instead of cutbacks and redundancies. "The management must take responsibility for the mistakes and failures of its own making instead of making the employees pay for them," he said. "Hands off our jobs! All VW plants must remain."

Termination two weeks ago for Volkswagen AG

Europe's largest car manufacturer formally terminated the job guarantee that has been in place since 1994 two weeks ago, meaning the contract expires at the end of the year. Six months later, compulsory redundancies will be possible, i.e. from July 2025. In addition to the employment protection agreement, which previously ruled out such redundancies, the guarantee of employment for trainees and the regulations for temporary work were also terminated. The three plants in Saxony are organized outside the AG.