Of the workers eligible to vote, 1,609 cast secret paper ballots that asked whether or not they wanted the United Auto Workers to represent them, according to a statement by VW. The results came down to a difference of 57 votes: 776 Volkswagen employees approved of the union but 833 did not.
Read moreFrom today through Friday, the 1,700 hourly workers who build Volkswagen Atlas SUVs at Chattanooga’s auto plant will vote on whether to unionize — a move opposed by the state’s Republican governor.
Read moreA federal judge gave final approval Friday to a $48 million deal Volkswagen will pay to U.S. investors over the emissions cheating scandal, and awarded $300,000 in attorney fees and costs.
Read moreGerman prosecutors have charged former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and four others with fraud and other offenses in connection with the company’s massive, multi-year effort to cheat on diesel emissions testing.
Read moreU.S. regulators charged Volkswagen and former CEO Martin Winterkorn with defrauding investors during its massive diesel emissions scandal.
Read moreU.S. District Judge Charles Breyer approved a $48 million settlement Wednesday for investors in American Depository Receipts, who claim that Volkswagen made false and misleading statements about its financial condition and regulatory compliance in the emissions cheating scandal.
Read moreGerman automaker Volkswagen says it will invest $50 billion to develop autonomous and electric cars and expand the appeal of battery-powered vehicles by selling its upcoming I.D. compact for about what a diesel-powered Golf costs.
Read moreTrial proceedings have begun against Volkswagen on behalf of investors alleging the company did not give them timely notice of its scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests.
Read moreIn the latest chapter of ongoing fallout over Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal, a federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss a class action accusing the German automaker of deceiving institutional investors.
Read moreVolkswagen will pay $48 million to settle one of two lawsuits claiming it misled American investors about its emissions cheating scandal and compliance with U.S. environmental laws.
Read moreVolkswagen must face yet another class action over equipping VW and Audi clean-diesel vehicles with software designed to disguise their high emissions, this time brought by people who owned or leased the vehicles but sold them before the scheme became public.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday that U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer did not abuse his discretion in approving a $327.5 million settlement between auto parts maker Robert Bosch GmbH and consumers who bought Volkswagen diesel vehicles tainted by emissions cheating software.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Monday approved a $10 billion settlement of Volkswagen’s “dieselgate” emissions-cheating scandal.
Read moreA federal judge refused Thursday to dismiss a warranty claim concerning Volkswagen sunroofs that “spontaneously explode.” The class must amend fraud, unfair-competition and consumer- protection claims, but the judge dismissed an unjust-enrichment claim with prejudice.
Read moreTo settle claims that its defeat-device scheme polluted Maryland, Volkswagen and its luxury affiliates Porsche and Audi reached a $33.5 million deal with the state Wednesday.
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