The IG Metall trade union has called for strikes at nine of Volkswagen's 10 plants in Germany to begin at 9:30 am (0830 GMT). The walkout is scheduled to begin at the plant in the south-eastern city of Zwickau,

BERLIN/HANOVER (Reuters) -Workers at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany started strikes lasting several hours on Monday, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations.

Tens of thousands of Volkswagen workers will participate in warning strikes at plants across Germany on Monday, labor union IG Metall said, marking the worst walkouts at the carmaker’s domestic operations since 2018.

The labor union has promised "the toughest wage dispute Volkswagen has ever seen." VW has planned to close three plants amidst plunging profits.

Volkswagen AG workers across Germany initiated walkouts on Monday after labor leaders and management failed to reach an agreement over how to cut costs at the carmaker’s namesake brand.

German auto giant Volkswagen is bracing for widespread strikes on Monday as the IG Metall trade union is launching a major protest against proposed wage cuts and potential lay-offs and plant closures.

Volkwagen workers were called out on a nationwide warning strike on Monday against planned job cuts and factory closures.

Volkswagen workers will go on warning strikes on Monday at plants across Germany, labour union IG Metall said, marking the first large-scale walkouts at Volkswagen's domestic operations since 2018. The start of the strikes represents a further escalation of a dispute between Europe's top carmaker and its workers over mass layoffs,

The strikes, which could escalate into 24-hour or unlimited strikes if a deal is not struck in the next round of wage negotiations, will put a dent in Volkswagen's output at a time when the carmaker i

Workers at German factories for carmaker Volkswagen are to go on strike from Monday over plans to cut thousands of jobs, union IG Metall said Sunday. After little progress in several rounds of talks between labour representatives and Volkswagen bosses,