VW looks at cutting jobs outside Germany

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Series Details 6.11.06
Publication Date 06/11/2006
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Article reports that Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, is planning to cut thousands of jobs in Belgium, Portugal and Spain as it transfers production from its more efficient factories there to more expensive ones in Germany. The move underlines how German unions exploit their position as the only worker representatives on companies' supervisory boards at the expense of foreign workers.

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