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In an effort to cut down on travel and energy costs, Chrysler is said to be in negotiations with the United Auto Workers Union to switch from five, eight-hour days down to four days with ten-hour shifts. We first heard this scheme mentioned as a possibility for the Jeep Factory in Toledo, Ohio, though it now appears as if all but the few plants turning in high amounts of overtime would be affected if the UAW agrees to allow Chrysler to make the scheduling change. As is typical with the new Cerberus-owned automaker, the Chrylser LLC isn't giving out any information on specific savings targets, though preliminary figures put the reduction at something close to -- but under -- $10 million a year. The new shifts are already underway at a Chrysler distribution center in Atlanta, Georgia.

[Source: Automotive News - sub. req'd]

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Volkswagen is looking to lengthen their employee's work week, without any additional financial compensation, a cost-cutting move to designed to help stabilize the company's bottom line.

But before labor sympathizers get out their sandwich boards and picket signs, it must be noted that the automaker is asking for a return to a 35-hour work week- the current schedule is 28.8 hours over four days, a setup that has been in effect since 1994. The present arrangement actually came about during another bout with belt-tightening, when the measure was passed to keep 30,000 from being pink-slipped.

Predictably, German union IG Metall has rejected the plan, leaving the automaker's plans in limbo.

[Source: ChannelNewsAsia]

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