Overview
- Both Friday shifts are canceled, idling the lines for one day after a crisis-team meeting.
- Several thousand employees are affected and will cover the absence via leftover vacation days or flexibility accounts.
- Only plant security and the onsite fire brigade remain to ensure site safety during the shutdown.
- The pause extends to vehicle handling and the company-owned port, areas considered especially sensitive in high winds and ice.
- An originally planned late-January rest day is brought forward with a makeup workday set for January 30, while other VW sites continue normal operations or scheduled pauses.