Volkswagen (VWAGY) workers across the automaker’s home country have gone on strike to protest the company’s decision to change labor agreements and — potentially — close factories. Here’s what you need to know.

Workers at nine of the automaker’s German factories walked off their jobs for several hours, and warned they would escalate the action if their demands went unmet.

Workers at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany will strike for several hours on Monday, IG Metall union said, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations.

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.

Workers at Volkswagen's plant in the south-eastern German city of Zwickau began walking off the job at 9:30 am on Monday (0830 GMT), marking the start of nationwide strikes against the German auto giant.

Workers at nine 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.

You look at VW and I'm looking at the history of strikes there. They're about to go on strike. The last major walkout they had was 2018 with 50,006 factories. Volkswagen have set fire to a collective agreement is what I'd mittal the union are saying.