Volkswagen Says Big Federal Fines Will Result In Job Cuts In The US

Volkswagen Says Big Federal Fines Will Result In Job Cuts In The US
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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mre30mre30 - 3/8/2016 1:07:45 PM
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It is just sooooo ironic and sad that 30 years ago, VWUsa/AudiUSA tragically bungled the PR response to the Audi "sudden, unintended, acceleration" non-scandal (nothing wrong with the cars, the American drivers were just inattentive idiots who pressed the wrong pedal) and now today its like a replay of the whole PR disaster, except this time VW/Audi put forth a web of lies about it, over a multi-year period!

I hate to say it, but VW might not emerge from this, if VW emerges, Germany will have to bail them out, and VW/Audi/Porsche might be so damaged in the US that they, in some form, will have to shrink footprint, close dealers, reorganize in the US market.

VW repeated ALL the mistakes they made 30 years ago. Sad


Yonder7Yonder7 - 3/8/2016 1:33:50 PM
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Yes but based on the title, looks like they want to be forgiven so they menace with cutting several jobs, I do not like that attitude. So stop buying VWs.



PUGPROUDPUGPROUD - 3/8/2016 2:51:11 PM
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VW has twice as many people as Toyota and about the unit volume sales. Most of their employees are in Germany and cannot be fired. This threat is a bluff because they will be firing a lot of people anyway in US. Would we really miss VW if it left US...didn't think so.


trboaccordtrboaccord - 3/8/2016 5:05:01 PM
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lets so how many people died because of this?? oh thats right ZERO... meanwhile GM has caused the deaths of hundreds and yet they got a slap on the wrist and no public shaming this is just a big witch hunt by the US Government to try to stifle the growth of a worldwide brand... fools


skytopskytop - 3/8/2016 6:32:05 PM
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VW: You were not whining as you were selling polluting unlawful cars in the U.S.


MDarringerMDarringer - 3/8/2016 10:00:41 PM
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Fcuk VW. Counter with if they cut jobs in the US then all VWAG products will be banned from the market. NAZIs only know Gestapo force. Hammer down!


TomMTomM - 3/9/2016 5:12:49 PM
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This is just a threat that VW is using against the FEDS to try to reduce the fine levels - VW did not make any Diesel engines here in the USA and I am not sure if they even made Diesel vehicles here.

Since the VWs lost sales will be at least somewhat be converted to sales of US cars (Chevy has a Diesel Car) - I doubt that the FEDS will care if VW has to pull out of the USA altogether (Not Audi). THere will be some loss of jobs initially - but if you ask - you will find that there is a shortage of mechanics for dealerships - which is a tough job in some cases. Remember - they get the problems first - and have to figure out what is the actual cause - by the time the cars hit the non-dealer mechanic - these things are all known - so they have less diagnostic problems.


TomMTomM - 3/9/2016 5:12:49 PM
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This is just a threat that VW is using against the FEDS to try to reduce the fine levels - VW did not make any Diesel engines here in the USA and I am not sure if they even made Diesel vehicles here.

Since the VWs lost sales will be at least somewhat be converted to sales of US cars (Chevy has a Diesel Car) - I doubt that the FEDS will care if VW has to pull out of the USA altogether (Not Audi). THere will be some loss of jobs initially - but if you ask - you will find that there is a shortage of mechanics for dealerships - which is a tough job in some cases. Remember - they get the problems first - and have to figure out what is the actual cause - by the time the cars hit the non-dealer mechanic - these things are all known - so they have less diagnostic problems.
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