PRESS STATEMENT Joint Statement by IG Metall and the Volkswagen Works Council

“The latest media reports are rightly causing concern among our workforce and in the regions where our plants are located. However, attacks on the VW Act, co-determination, and our plants are irresponsible threats. Should such plans be pursued, we would do everything in our power to prevent them. What really matters is something else entirely: Instead of engaging in blind, knee-jerk action, the Executive Board should finally do its job and focus on its actual work: competitive products, technologies, corporate structures, and synergies—and thereby also secure employment.”