VW's Skoda Auto unions reject salary freeze as part of group savings

Volkswagen AG

22/10/2026 09:33

       PRAGUE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Unions at Volkswagen's
 VOWG.DE  Czech unit Skoda Auto will not accept a salary freeze
until 2030 as part of measures the group plans to get the
company on a sustainable track, a union newspaper said on
Thursday.
    * Volkswagen plans to freeze salaries for its 660,000 staff
worldwide until 2030, the group's works council said on Monday,
confirming an earlier report by Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
    * OS KOVO unions at Skoda will not accept a freeze or zero
bonuses, the union's chief Jaroslav Povsik told a meeting of
union members, the newspaper Skodovacky odborar, published on
Thursday, said.
    * Skoda, a key part of the Czech manufacturing industry with
three plants and many suppliers, has been profitable with higher
margins than some other VW brands.
    * Skoda Auto did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.     


    (Reporting by Jan Lopatka
Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
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