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IG Metall and the works council accuse Oliver Blume of using false statements about vacation entitlements and employees' consent to fuel a "debate about envy" and thus to justify the austerity drive. After the termination of almost all collective agreements the conflict is intensifying; the union and works council call Blume's account a deliberate distortion of the facts and criticize his disrespectful treatment of employees. Points of contention include the actual number of vacation days, the conversion of extra pay into days off, and who is responsible for the decision to revise the collective agreements. » More on n-tv.de

IG Metall accuses VW chief Oliver Blume of "outrageous false statements" and criticizes him for, among other things, falsely portraying employees as having unusually generous vacation entitlements. Blume had terminated almost all collective agreements to push for further job cuts, a move the union and works council reject. Works council chair Daniela Cavallo stresses that the employee side did not agree to massive job cuts and warns of political risks. » More on sueddeutsche.de

After the termination of ten collective agreements — including the master collective agreement — works council chair Daniela Cavallo and IG Metall criticize statements by CEO Oliver Blume as a misrepresentation of events. Blume had said the world had changed and that the employee side had demanded a review; the union and works council deny this and stress they only invoked a negotiation clause for reviews. The dispute intensifies the already strained trust between co-determination bodies and the board against the backdrop of a savings plan that could include tens of thousands of job cuts. » More on manager-magazin.de