Thyssenkrupp steel sale talks with Jindal stalled, deputy chairman saysNegotiations for Thyssenkrupp's steel division sale to Jindal Steel International are stalled. Labour representatives have not received ans...
20 Mar, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
Tesla files complaint against union member for secretly recording works council meeting, memo showsTesla has filed a criminal complaint against a member of Germany's IG Metall trade union for secretly recording a works council meeting th...
10 Feb, 2026, 10.53 PM IST
Volkswagen workers to go on warning strikes across GermanyVolkswagen employees in Germany will begin warning strikes on Monday following stalled wage and plant closure negotiations with Europe's le...
01 Dec, 2024, 06.44 PM IST
Strikes to hit Volkswagen in December as clash with labour escalatesVolkswagen workers in Germany could go on strike as early as next week, with the IG Metall union warning of "necessary" walkouts starting f...
29 Nov, 2024, 03.09 PM IST
Volkswagen union warns against plant closures, backs $1.6 billion cost cutsThe proposal comes a day ahead of a third round of crunch talks between workers and management over pay cuts and factory shutdowns in Germa...
20 Nov, 2024, 11.16 PM IST
Porsche staff to join wave of strikes in key German industriesPorsche staff in Stuttgart will join strikes by workers in Germany's electrical engineering and metal industries on Tuesday to demand highe...
29 Oct, 2024, 08.41 AM IST
[Ting, tong] Hello, are you really ill?Tesla's Berlin gigafactory faces criticism for requiring home visits by bosses to verify employee sick leave, leading to accusations of a '...
30 Sep, 2024, 11.11 PM IST
Volkswagen scraps decades-old German job security pact, says unionVolkswagen has informed IG Metall that it is ending several labor agreements, including job guarantees until 2029 at six German plants. Thi...
10 Sep, 2024, 08.13 PM IST
Tesla Germany staff to elect new council to gain control over work conditionsThe elections for the new works council, to be held on March 18-20, are aimed at filling 39 seats, according to IG Metall, the top German t...
16 Mar, 2024, 04.56 PM IST
Ford to cut up to 3,200 jobs in Europe, union says, vowing a fightFord plans to cut up to 3,200 jobs across Europe and move some product development work to the United States, Germany's IG Metall union sai...
23 Jan, 2023, 09.40 PM IST
'Nein danke': Musk's office ultimatum faces pushback in GermanyThe Tesla chief executive waded into the future of work debate by telling staff at the electric carmaker that they must return to the offic...
02 Jun, 2022, 10.31 PM IST
Volkswagen clinches wage deal with Germany's IG Metall unionThe deal with IG Metall, struck after 14 hours of negotiations in what was the fifth round of talks, will see salaries rise by 2.3% from Ja...
13 Apr, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
Volkswagen's labour chief rules out four-day week to save jobs amid Covid-19 outbreakGermany's largest trade union IG Metall on Aug. 15 proposed negotiating for a transition to a four-day week across industry to help secure ...
06 Sep, 2020, 07.42 AM IST
German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp to scrap 3,000 steel jobsThe elevator-to-submarines group said it had reached a deal with Germany's powerful IG Metall union to cut 2,000 jobs over the next three y...
25 Mar, 2020, 02.46 PM IST
Thyssenkrupp labour leaders see progress in Tata Steel joint venture talksLabour representatives of Thyssenkrupp moved closer to an agreement with management over a planned European steel joint venture with Tata S...
14 Jun, 2018, 04.25 PM IST
A strike is brewing in Tesla factoryGermany's industrial trade union IG Metall are calling for a worker strike at Grohmann Engineering, the German engineering company Tesla bo...
19 Apr, 2017, 09.31 AM IST
- Strike averted in German industrial sector
Germany's leading industrial union IG Metall says it has agreed to accept a 4.2 pay rise over the next 18 months and will not go on strike.
12 Nov, 2008, 08.58 PM IST