Volkswagen ya amince da shirye-shiryen da ke haifar da cece-ku-ce na rage ayyukan yi 100,000 yayin da yake kokawa don tsira daga gasa mai tsanani daga abokan hamayyar Sinawa. Bayan zagayen tattaunawa na baya-bayan nan a wannan makon, kamfanin ya sanar da ƙarin rage ayyukan yi 50,000 kuma ya amince da dakatar da samarwa a masana'antu huɗu na Jamus—Emden, Zwickau, Hanover, da wurin Audi a Neckarsulm—tsakanin 2031 zuwa 2034. Ba a yi wani takamaiman shiri ba bayan wannan.
Yarjejeniyar ta zo da mamaki bayan taron masu hannun jari, ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata, da wakilan jihohi a kwamitin sa ido, wanda aka ɗauka a matsayin babban gwaji ga babban jami'in kamfanin na Jamus, Oliver Blume. Ya ma shirya taron gaggawa idan an ƙi amincewa da shirin, yana shirye don arangama da ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata.
"Wannan sigina ce mai ƙarfi ga nan gaba," in ji Blume, wanda yanzu ya sami amincewa ga abin da kamfanin ya taɓa kira "shirin sauya fasaha mafi zurfi a dabarun" a tarihin ƙungiyar VW. A watan da ya gabata, ma'aikata sun yi masa ihu yayin ziyarar da ya kai hedkwatar kamfanin a Wolfsburg, arewacin Jamus, a matsayin ɓangare na tattaunawa game da buƙatar magance matsalolin kuɗi na kamfanin.
IG Metall, babbar ƙungiyar ma'aikata ta kamfanin kuma wakiliya a kwamitin sa ido, ta ce ɓangarorin biyu sun yi sulhu don guje wa "haɓakar haɗari na rikici." Babban sulhun shine kiyaye masana'antu huɗu waɗanda ke fuskantar barazanar rufewa, a musayar yarjejeniya kan rage ma'aikata. Yarjejeniyar ta haɗa da babban shirin rage kuɗi don kawar da ƙarin mukamai 50,000 nan da 2030, wanda zai kawo jimillar asarar ayyukan yi zuwa 100,000.
"Dole ne a yanzu a samar da ingantattun hanyoyin magance duk wuraren... muna sa ran kwamitin zai yanzu yi aikin gida bisa yarjejeniyar da aka cimma kuma ya ba da sakamako cikin gaggawa," in ji Christiane Benner, shugabar farko ta IG Metall, da Daniela Cavallo, shugabar Majalisar Aiki ta Janar da Ƙungiyoyin VW.
Blume ya ce kamfanin zai saka "adar kuɗi mai lambobi uku na biliyoyin" a cikin 'yan shekaru masu zuwa "don ƙara kyautata alamunmu na musamman, ƙarfafa su, da kuma ƙara musu gasa."
Kwamitin sa ido ya amince da cewa akwai wuce gona da iri a Turai na samar da motoci 500,000 waɗanda babu kasuwa a gare su. Shirye-shiryen mayar da masana'anta a Osnabrück zuwa masana'antar kayan tsaro an watsar da su a wannan shekarar bayan ƙin yarda daga masu zuba jari na Qatar.
Adadin nau'ikan motocin da ƙungiyar VW ke samarwa, gami da alamun Bentley da Audi, za a rage su da rabi. "Yana da muhimmanci a daidaita matakan ma'aikata da gaskiyar tattalin arziki cikin tsari," in ji VW.
Jimillar rage ma'aikata 100,000 zai zama mafi girman sake fasalin da aka taɓa yi a masana'antar motoci ta duniya kuma ya kai kusan kashi 15% na ma'aikatan kamfanin. Volkswagen yana ɗaukar ma'aikata fiye da 650,000 a duk alamunsa, waɗanda suka haɗa da Skoda, Seat, Porsche, Cupra, da Lamborghini.
Manazarta a Deutsche Bank sun ce amincewa da shirin sake fasalin "nasara ce ta asali" kuma ya tabbatar da kuskuren masu zuba jari waɗanda suka yi imanin cewa kamfanin "ba za a iya gyara shi ba." "Amincewar gaba ɗaya, a ganinmu, nasara ce ta asali kuma sakamako ne mafi kyau fiye da yadda ake tsoro," in ji manazarta a cikin sanarwa ga masu zuba jari a ranar Juma'a. "Don bayyana sarai, yarjejeniyar ba ta magance ƙalubalen Volkswagen nan take ba. Aiwatarwa ya kasance mabuɗin. Muhawarar kasuwa ba ta taɓa kasancewa game da ko Volkswagen yana da ƙalubale ba. Ta kasance game da ko za a iya magance waɗannan ƙalubale a zahiri a cikin tsarin mulki mai rikitarwa na Volkswagen. Yarjejeniyar ba ta ƙare wannan muhawara ba, amma tana ba da mafi ƙarfi shaida har yanzu cewa kamfanin zai iya ci gaba." Amsar na iya zama e. Volkswagen ya kasance yana fuskantar matsin lamba mai girma daga masu fafatawa na Sinawa a Turai, yana fuskantar raguwar tallace-tallace a China da manyan harajin Amurka. Tun kafin wannan, ya kasance yana kokawa shekaru da yawa da raguwar riba da wuce gona da iri a Turai.
Manazarta a Citi sun bayyana yarjejeniyar a matsayin "shiri mai ƙarfin hali da ma'ana," suna ƙara da cewa "yanke shawara ne na gaskiya ga kowa da ke da hannu." Sun lura, "Ganin rashin gasa na VW a masana'antun Jamus da ƙarancin damar samun kuɗi a duniya, VW ba shi da wani zaɓi. Har ila yau, la'akari da tsarin kwamitin sa ido na VW, wannan yana nuna alhakin da majalisar ma'aikata ta ɗauka don tabbatar da rayuwar dogon lokaci na ainihin kasuwancin VW a Turai."
Hannun jarin VW ya tashi da kashi 8% a farkon ciniki ranar Juma'a.
Kasuwar China mai wuya ta kuma shafi sauran masu kera motoci. Misali, BMW ya rage hasashen ribarsa na wannan shekara saboda rikice-rikice daga yaƙin Iran da kuma matsalolinsa a kasuwar China.
