Volkswagen: VW and IG Metall agree on the start of tariffs - and continue to argue elsewhere

Dusseldorf. Volkswagen and IG Metall have agreed to begin collective bargaining at Germany's largest car manufacturer. However, a dispute has already broken out again over a central suggestion from management: the car manufacturer wants to move employees out of the company via publicly funded transfer companies.

The union firmly rejects this, as it announced late on Friday afternoon. She accuses the board of undermining employment security until the end of 2030 and passing on the costs of workforce reductions to the general public.

On Friday, VW management and IG Metall met in Hanover for the second so-called review meeting. It was actually about the extent to which the company still feels bound to its commitments from the last agreement in 2024.

At the meeting in Hanover, a date was agreed upon for the first VW collective bargaining round. Accordingly, the talks will begin on November 24th in Emden and will continue on December 15th in Zwickau. VW is thus responding to a union proposal. She had called for discussions at the endangered locations.