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Gavin Blackburn

Volkswagen risks 'major conflict' with staff over cost-cutting drive, union warns

Volkswagen's management risks a "major conflict" with workers as the struggling German car giant thrashes out what could be the biggest ever restructuring in the global auto industry, a union warned on Thursday.

"We will not stand by and do nothing if the company does not change course," said IG Metall official Thorsten Groeger, as workers staged protests over the carmaker's reported plans to cut up to 100,000 jobs and close four factories.

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