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VW's star hire risks 'lame-duck' status
Efforts to placate workers could undermine Herbert Diess; labour leader says he has lost trust in management
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Fri, Apr 15, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Frankfurt
VOLKSWAGEN AG's efforts to placate unsettled workers risk undermining Herbert Diess, the executive appointed last year to overhaul the carmaker's namesake brand.
In an agreement meant to quell a conflict with labour leader Bernd Osterloh, who last week said he lost trust in Mr Diess's leadership, chief executive officer Matthias Mueller will oversee talks on safeguarding the VW brand's jobs and factories.
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