Volkswagen plants saw workers go on warning strikes on Monday as tensions over changes to labor agreements and potential factory closures escalated.

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

Workers at Volkswagen's plant in the south-eastern German city of Zwickau began walking off the job at 9:30 am on Monday (0830 GMT), marking the start of nationwide strikes against the German auto giant.

Volkswagen is in deep crisis as thousands of workers at nine Volkswagen factories across Germany, including its EV-only factory, are going on strike this morning, bringing assembly lines to a grinding halt.

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

Workers at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany will strike for several hours on Monday, IG Metall union said, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations.

Volkswagen employees in Germany have started warning strikes over potential mass layoffs, wage cuts, and plant closures.

BERLIN >> Volkswagen workers will go on warning strikes on Monday at plants across Germany, labor union IG Metall said, marking the first large-scale walkouts at Volkswagen’s domestic operations since 2018.

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.