German rail union sticks to its guns in wage showdown
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German train drivers&#39; union GDL on Wednesday said it was sticking to a demand for a 31-percent wage increase in a bitter standoff with rail operator Deutsche Bahn which has triggered strikes.
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HANOVER  - Management and unions at German auto maker Volkswagen announced that they had reached an agreement that will bring an end to their long-running wage dispute and probably stave off strike action.
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Deutsche Telekom management urged unions to return to the negotiating table on Friday to settle the industrial action against lower pay and longer working hours within the telecom giant&#39;s services division.
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LONDON, November 2  - The German automotive giant, Volkswagen AG (VOW.ETR), continued its negotiations with the labour union today on its planned labour cost reductions.
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FRANKFURT : Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country's two largest carmakers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen, which both reported mixed earnings on ...
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Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, has become the latest German firm to try to take on unions as it seeks to make major cost cuts.
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Automaker Volkswagen said Monday there is &quot;no room&quot; for wage increases this year as it prepares for pay talks with Germany&#39;s largest industrial union.
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German train drivers' union GDL said Sunday it did not plan further strikes in its bitter battle for a new wage deal and was confident about reaching an accord with employers by the end of the month.
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Volkswagen again threatened to move jobs abroad as management sat down with unions to resume wage talks at a time when Europe's biggest car maker is seeking to impose controversial and painful cost cuts on its workforce.
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HANOVER, Germany - Several thousand Volkswagen AG workers took to the streets Tuesday to press their demand for wage increases and pay guarantees as the automaker prepared to resume pay negotiations with Germany&#39;s biggest industrial union.
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Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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Germany&#39;s powerful IG Metall labour union called on Monday for wage increases this year of 6.5 percent for the 3.4 million workers in the German engineering and metal-working sector.
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Germany's national railway on Wednesday backed off a target of selling shares on the stock market by mid-2006, saying that it "does not appear realistic." Deutsche Bahn has been engaged in an efficiency drive ...
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German rail workers extended strikes over pay on Tuesday, causing what operator Deutsche Bahn said were "massive" disruptions for early morning commuters in big cities including Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich.
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Strike action by German doctors over pay and working conditions is set to continue after talks break down.
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Volkswagen enters a fresh round of talks with its workers on Tuesday but analysts say little headway is likely as unions protest against the carmaker's threats to axe more than 30,000 employees in Germany.