Qatar urges VW to cut sway of strong trade unions
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QATAR, the third-largest shareholder in Volkswagen, is urging the German carmaker to reduce the influence of its powerful trade unions as it battles to overcome its emissions scandal, a German newspaper said yesterday.
Bild am Sonntag, without citing sources, said the Qatar Investment Authority would use a meeting yesterday with VW CEO Matthias Mueller and other top players in the firm to demand a scaling back of the role of the works council.
The QIA, which holds 17 percent of Europe's largest automaker, declined to comment, while a VW spokesman said Mueller's talks in Qatar with the QIA "serve the communication of VW's new leadership with an important partner."
The council declined to comment.
The council, whose representatives hold as many seats on the company's 20-member supervisory board as shareholders, has long wielded a great influence at the carmaker and has headed off cost cuts in the past.
The emissions scandal has wiped billions off VW's stock market value and Mueller has said the firm will have to make massive cuts to meet a bill which analysts say could top 40 billion euros (US$44 billion) for fines, lawsuits and vehicle refits.
The QIA, which has two seats on the supervisory board, will also demand promotion of electric vehicles in the US to regain ground in the world's second-biggest auto market, the newspaper said.
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