VW HR chief says expects
five-digit number of job cuts: FAZ
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[October 29, 2016]
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -
Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> expects the shift to electric cars to cost a
five-digit number of jobs in coming years, the Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung newspaper reported, citing the carmaker's human resources chief.
Karlheinz Blessing, who sits on VW group's nine-member top management
board, said the carmaker will need to cut jobs in production as assembly
of electric engines requires fewer workers than making combustion
engines, the newspaper said, citing an interview to be published in
Saturday's edition.
VW's works council, currently in talks with VW's brand management over a
turnaround plan for the core VW brand, expects up to 25,000 staff to be
cut over the next decade as older workers retire.
Blessing reaffirmed there will be no forced dismissals at Europe's
largest automaker.
Management and labor leaders are seeking to reach agreement on cost cuts
and strategy in time for a Nov. 18 meeting of the supervisory board to
approve future spending plans.
Volkswagen's works council has warned that the talks with management
could fail if the carmaker does not agree to invest in its own battery
production.
Blessing said Volkswagen had to consider doing so although no decision
had been taken yet.
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"If 30 percent of the value creation will be in the battery system in
future, it is right to consider whether we will step in and to what
extent. We cannot leave that to others," he said.
"How deeply we will engage is a matter we will discuss as part of the
future pact."
(Reporting by Andreas Cremer and Georgina Prodhan; editing by Edward
Taylor and Jason Neely)
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