Volkswagen Supervisory Board to Vote on Biggest Restructuring Plan
Volkswagen’s supervisory board will vote on the automaker’s biggest restructuring, facing sharp union and Lower Saxony opposition to planned job and capacity cuts. A formal preparation company for Volkswagen is created as Qatar takes a 17% voting stake. Works council chief Bernd Osterloh steps down. Earlier talks have targeted up to 35,000 German jobs and reduced capacity to 9 million vehicles.