Overview

• Zentrum filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen Group Services to gain entry to the Isenbüttel plant and hold elections for union trustees.
• Volkswagen has refused access on the grounds that Zentrum is not a tariff-eligible union and may lack members at the site.
• During the July 31 hearing, Zentrum presented a list claiming six members among roughly 150 employees at Isenbüttel.
• Judge Ingo Hundt announced that a ruling on the dispute will be delivered on August 21 after the parties failed to reach an agreement.
• Founded in 2009, Zentrum has won works council seats at Mercedes, Daimler, BMW and Porsche sites and opened a northern office in Hannover under Jens Keller to challenge DGB-affiliated unions.