Thursday, August 20

Topic: germany

Volkswagen's headquarters and plant in Wolfsburg, Germany (file image)
Business
Tuesday, 7/14, 06:36 AM

Volkswagen's Board Blocks a Plan to Cut Up to 100,000 Jobs

  • Volkswagen's supervisory board has rejected a sweeping restructuring plan, reported to involve up to 100,000 job cuts, after fierce resistance from the carmaker's powerful labor representatives.
  • The clash lays bare the pressure on Europe's largest automaker as it struggles with weak profits, costly electrification and intense Chinese competition.
A German police patrol car
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Six killed in shooting at a mother-and-child centre in Germany

  • Six people, all staff at a welfare centre for mothers and young children in the northern German town of Stade, were shot dead on Monday in what police described as a 'family tragedy' — an attack a man embroiled in a custody dispute is suspected of carrying out, leaving the toll higher than first reported.

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