Volkswagen may have to cut jobs in the United States as well as Europe and other countries depending on how big a fine the company has to pay for its manipulation of diesel emissions tests, the automaker's top labor official told a meeting of 20,000 workers at its German headquarters here.The U.S. Justice Department has sued VW for up to $46 billion for breaching environmental laws, while there is still no fix for nearly 600,000 cars affected in the United States almost six months after the scandal broke.
The extent to which VW may be forced to cut jobs to help meet the costs of the scandal depends "decisively" on the level of fines, VW's works councils chairman Bernd Osterloh said on Tuesday at the meeting that was also attended by the carmaker's top managers.
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