[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2020\u002Fgermany-volkswagen-sees-no-need-for-a-four-day-week-september-30-2020":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},13963,"germany-volkswagen-sees-no-need-for-a-four-day-week-september-30-2020","Germany - Volkswagen sees no need for a four-day week - September 30, 2020",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2020\u002Fgermany-volkswagen-sees-no-need-for-a-four-day-week-september-30-2020","pages.newspage","en","2020-10-28T14:12:54.419000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:31:56.295239+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F13963\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2020",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2020\u002Fgermany-volkswagen-sees-no-need-for-a-four-day-week-september-30-2020\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2020-10-28T15:12:54.419000+01:00","2025-12-26T22:55:07.339577+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>In response to IG Metall’s proposal to implement a four-day week across the industry to secure jobs, Volkswagen’s head of labour relations declared that the company sees no need for a four-day week. The company is confident that the existing cost-cutting plan, including reducing the workforce without compulsory layoffs, will be enough to overcome the Coronavirus crisis. The plan will also help Volkswagen with the transition to building more electric cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fo.canada.com\u002Fpmn\u002Fbusiness-pmn\u002Fvolkswagens-labor-chief-rules-out-four-day-week-to-save-jobs\u002Fwcm\u002Fea657b5b-469a-448f-8a2d-1ef8b4947451\"> in English ...\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca or Sjaak van der Velden, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement)\u003Ca href=\"mailto:p.t.debeer@uva.nl\"> p.t.debeer@uva.nl \u003C\u002Fa>or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mkoksal@etui.org\">mkoksal@etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">www.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa> or consult the archive with all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]