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Wolfsburg (AP) - On Wednesday (10 a.m.) talks on the new company tariff for around 120,000 employees at Volkswagen are to begin.
IG Metall is demanding four percent more money for the car maker's employees.
This means that the requirement is on the same level as for the area collective agreement in the metal and electrical industries.
At VW, however, the targeted plus should be fully reflected in higher wages, while the union is also aiming to partially compensate for reductions in working hours in the general industry conclusion.
Most of the in-house tariff negotiations take place as an online conference.
The regional IG Metall district manager Thorsten Gröger had reiterated the demands in mid-December.
VW works council chief Bernd Osterloh had already spoken of a package that “fits in with the times”.
From his point of view, the workforce has been working under exhausting Corona conditions for months, and at the same time they are involved in the difficult conversion towards e-mobility and digital.
Actually, there should have been a degree in spring.
However, in view of the first wave of pandemics, employers and IG Metall initially concluded an “emergency collective agreement” that excluded key points.
The union also wants to enable more conversion into days off, the group of those entitled to do so is to be expanded to include all IG Metall members at VW.
The company should also offer at least 1,400 apprenticeship positions per year.