Following widespread strikes by Volkswagen employees this week, a turbulent meeting over major cost-cutting plans was expected at the carmaker's German headquarters on Wednesday. Chief executive Oliver Blume was due to address workers at the plant in Wolfsburg,

Volkswagen is in deep crisis as thousands of workers at nine Volkswagen factories across Germany, including its EV-only factory, are going on strike this morning, bringing assembly lines to a grinding halt.

Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany started two-hour strikes on Monday, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash over the future of Europe's biggest carmaker.

The labor union has promised "the toughest wage dispute Volkswagen has ever seen." VW has planned to close three plants amidst plunging profits.

The IG Metall trade union has called for widespread labour strikes at all Volkswagen plants in Germany from Monday as workers at the company fight back against possible lay-offs and wage cuts. Production will be "temporarily on hold" at all of the German automotive giant's plants in Germany,

Almost 100,000 workers joined walkouts at Volkswagen's German plants on Monday in protest at management plans to cut wages and even close sites at Europe's biggest carmaker, the IG Metall union said,

Workers at nine of Volkswagen's care and component factories in Germany were on strike Monday amid a dispute over labor contract changes and factory closings.

Beginning Monday morning, workers at nine plants launched warning strikes, which are usually short walk-outs lasting a few hours a day, halting production as part of the continuing dispute.

A day-long wave of strikes at nearly all of carmaker Volkswagen's plants across Germany ended early on Tuesday morning, with unions saying that nearly 100,000 VW factory workers had taken part in the protests.