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Wolfsburg (dpa) - After the recent management dispute at Volkswagen over the contract extension of CEO Herbert Diess, works council chief Bernd Osterloh is calling for a quick return to practical work.
"I hope that we will concentrate on operational business in the new year," said the top employee representative of the German press agency.
«It is very necessary.
The group's board of directors is taking a new look - that's a good thing. "
Osterloh is a member of the supervisory board that recently met for special meetings.
According to corporate circles, it should also have been about Diess' demand to get a strong commitment to his work in the form of a new five-year contract.
According to reports, this caused irritation among the inspectors - many of them found the pressure to decide on the issue to be inadequate.
Actually, negotiations on a connection at the earliest one year before the expiry date, the contract of Diess at the top of the board runs until April 2023. Due to the aggressively demanded backing, some members of the committee felt on their feet, it said.
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"The supervisory board should appear to be driven," said Osterloh.
"But that did not succeed - and the Supervisory Board never was."
Nonetheless, Volkswagen has given the public a "sometimes very restless" image in recent weeks.
Osterloh made it clear that this has the support of the works council.
However, he had often clashed with the top manager when it came to savings goals, for example.
"What we don't need is this eternal" works council boss against the head of the company ", stressed Osterloh.
"At this point I would really like to see more peace and quiet."
While Diess was able to prevail recently by nominating its own favorites for filling three board areas, the decision to build an important electric model at the Wolfsburg headquarters is a success for Osterloh.