Volkswagen's chief executive welcomed a deal to slash jobs and reduce production capacity in Germany without the need to close factories, but the car giant's shares fell heavily on Monday.

German carmaker Volkswagen's deal with unions — that would see 35,000 future job cuts in Germany — is "good news" for the company, its CEO said Sunday.

Volkswagen has previously threatened closing as many as three factories in Germany for the first time in its history, amid warnings from its finance chief the company has “a yea

The automaker agreed to keep all 10 of its factories in Germany open and to guarantee workers’ jobs until the end of 2030.

Volkswagen and its employee representatives said Friday they have reached a wage deal for 120,000 German workers that avoids plant closings and bars involuntary layoffs

Volkswagen strikes end with deal preventing compulsory redundancies and plant closures but company remains set on streamlining.

Volkswagen announced sweeping changes to its German operations, including more than 35,000 future job cuts and capacity reductions in a last gasp deal between Europe’s top carmaker and unions on Friday to avert mass strikes.

Volkswagen on Friday said it had agreed with unions to cut more than 35,000 jobs at its German sites by 2030 in a socially responsible manner, which would help achieve more than 15 billion euros ($15.

Here are the main points of a deal struck on Friday between Volkswagen and unions on the carmaker's German sites and jobs. The agreement followed more than 70 hours of talks and averted the spectre of strikes at Europe's largest carmaker.

Former Volkswagen Group chief executive Martin Winterkorn has accused the judge leading a criminal trial into the 77-year-old's alleged role in the diesel emissions scandal of bias, dpa learnt on Monday.

VW and labor unions agreed on job cuts, capacity reductions, and production shifts to maintain German factories while tackling declining demand for electric vehicles.

Volkswagen has offered thousands of workers at its factory in Tennessee a 14% pay rise over four years, while workers in its homeland of Germany continue demonstrations over proposed pay cuts and factory closures. The German carmaking giant proposed a ...