Tag Archives: Dr. Herbert Diess

VW Group’s Supervisory Board Extends Chairman Herbert Diess’ Contract. Other Employees Face an Uncertain Future

Posted on 10 July 2021 by Ken Zino

This is just a German employment euphemism for stating the obvious – the old Works Council and Management dance supporting rigid categories of traditional jobs with guarantees of employment in old-style manufacturing, engineering and support areas will have to keep time to a different electronically generated score. Continue reading →

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Volkswagen and Ford Announce Alliance Without Cross Equity

Posted on 15 January 2019 by Ken Zino

The history of such industry collaborations is difficult and littered with road kill. The problem is whether the two global giants and hundreds of thousands of workers can walk in step together or stumble over each other. Continue reading →

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