VW faces battle with workers over cost cutting plans

VW CEO Martin Winterkorn plans to cut costs by 5 billion euros ($6.7 billion) a year.

July 23, 2014 05:00 AM

BERLIN (Reuters) -- Volkswagen faces a battle with workers over cost cuts at its biggest car division, a central plank of its drive to meet profit margin targets.

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