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The new head of the Works Council at Audis main plant in Ingolstadt, Jorg Schlagbauer, was also elected Chairman of the General Works Council on Friday. The 46-year-old industrial clerk and business...

After 17 years, there is a change at the top of the works council at Audis Ingolstadt headquarters: employee representatives elected Jorg Schlagbauer, the former vice chairman, as the new chairman on...

The German industrial union IG Metall and its works councils at Volkswagen (VW) are always ready to sacrifice the jobs, wages and rights of the workforce upon the altar of “competitiveness” and “return on investment.” If, however, their own six-figure salaries are on the line, they defend them by every means possible.

On Friday, the Volkswagen management board and the IG Metall-dominated works council revealed the first information on which electric models are to be built in which plants.

To defend jobs at VW, rank-and-file action committees must be set up, bringing together all VW workers who are serious about fighting. These committees must be independent of the works councils and IG Metall union.

By David Sachs Audi said Thursday that Gernot Doellner will replace Markus Duesmann as chief executive officer on Sept. 1. The Volkswagen-owned car maker said Doellner will strengthen the companys product strategy and its position in import...

By David Sachs Audi said Thursday that Gernot Doellner would become chief executive at the luxury car maker as of Sept. 1, replacing Markus Duesmann in a...

Audi CEO Markus Duesmann will be replaced by Gernot Döllner, the head of product and strategy for the Volkswagen Group

That a clique of billionaires can decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers jointly with highly paid union bureaucrats underscores the absurdity of a social system that subordinates all social needs to profit interests.

Amid the ongoing war in the East, rampant inflation, bankruptcies and job cuts are piling up. Thousands of workers are facing the loss of their jobs and the livelihood of their families.