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[โ€“] Ooops 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I'm all for talking about wage cuts...

After we had an honest talk about why they should be neccessary: Because of VW's claims that they can't afford ~3 billion in needed investments over the coming years. That's after staunchly refusing to produce for a market with actual demand and instead focussing on some small "but profit margins per car are so much better"-luxury segment exclusively, after losing ~30 billions with their emission scandal not that long ago, and after none-the-less paying out the record amount of 4.5 billion in dividends just a few months ago. But I guess some more crying about Germany's high energy prices (that are actually down to completely normal levels and been like this for more than a year at least) hurting the ecomony will totally solve their problem...

[โ€“] Melchior 2 points 5 hours ago

That must be the best framing ever. The union proposes a raise in wages, but in form of a work time fund, which then can be used to actually work less or be paid out at a later date. They then manage to spin it into a wage cut.

[โ€“] DmMacniel 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Rather cutting salaries from the workers perhaps cut the bonuses from the Missmanagement?

[โ€“] Don_alForno 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Also dividends.

That the union is proposing this is really infuriating.

[โ€“] Melchior 2 points 5 hours ago

Read a bit closer, this is not a wage cut, it is raising wages, but using a bit of financial trickery and an amazing spin to sell it as wage cuts.