Lower Saxony premier meets Volkswagen leaders to discuss job security
State premier Olaf Lies visited Volkswagen's Hanover plant to talk with workers, unions and managers about the carmaker's restructuring and employment outlook.
Olaf Lies, premier of the German state of Lower Saxony, traveled to Volkswagen's Hanover facility for talks arranged by the automaker's general works council. The agenda centers on Volkswagen's ongoing restructuring, cost-reduction efforts and the implications for its production sites across Germany. Lies will meet with employee representatives, staff delegates and local management, and later address the media together with deputy premier Julia Willie Hamburg, works council chief Daniela Cavallo and IG Metall union officials.
Lower Saxony owns a fifth of Volkswagen, prompting the government to seek assurances for the many jobs at risk. Lies also intends to visit VW plants in Osnabrück and Emden, with additional discussions slated online with the Zwickau factory in Saxony.
Why it matters
The talks could determine the fate of thousands of jobs at one of Germany's key automotive employers.
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