The auto maker’s top employee representative told workers that management planned to shutter three factories in Germany to cut costs amid slumping sales. Automobiles, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Factories and Manufacturing, Shutdowns (Institutional), Organized Labor, Wages and Salaries, Volkswagen AG, Germany The auto maker’s top employee representative told workers that management planned to shutter three factories in Germany to cut costs amid slumping sales. NYT > Business