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Fortune
Prarthana Prakash

Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume will spar with one of Germany's fiercest worker groups over his €10 billion cost-cutting plan to save the carmaker

Oliver Blume, CEO of Volkswagen, standing with microphones surrounding him (Credit: Alexander Hassenstein—Getty Images)

Less than 48 hours after Volkswagen said it was considering historic factory closures, the German automaker will face another test: facing down one of the world's most powerful labor groups. 

The air is fraught with tension, as some workers chant, “we are Volkswagen—you are not” at the company's Wolfsburg headquarters. 

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