10,000 Volkswagen Workers Boo CEO Blume Over 50,000 Job-Cut Plan

Over 10,000 Volkswagen workers booed CEO Oliver Blume at VW's Wolfsburg headquarters on August 25, 2026, as he urged them to "pull together" amid plans for roughly 50,000 job cuts — what Blume called "the largest transformation programme in our company's history." Workers chanted, "Our jobs are not your balance sheet adjustments." The cuts, split between Germany and abroad, await supervisory board approval.