'No new walls:' Volkswagen speaks out against right-wing protests
Some in Germany remember--read the bold paragraph.
'No new walls:' Volkswagen speaks out against right-wing protests
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by Charles Riley and Ivana Kottasová @ivanakottasova September 7, 2018: 10:07 AM ET
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Volkswagen 'concerned' over trade war threats
Germany's biggest companies are taking a stand against racism.
Volkswagen (VLKAF) on Friday joined Siemens in a forceful denunciation of hate and xenophobia following a series of violent protests in Germany.
Top executives from Europe's largest carmaker addressed employees at a plant in the eastern city of Chemnitz, where right-wing protesters have clashed with police and chanted racist slogans such as "Germany for the Germans."
"What happened outside the factory gates goes against all of Volkswagen's basic values," Gunnar Kilian, a board member for human resources, told workers. "Let us make sure there are no new walls. That must be our mission."
Volkswagen employs 1,800 workers at the Chemnitz engine plant, including people from countries such as Afghanistan, Cuba, Mexico, Nigeria, Ukraine, Hungary and Vietnam.
"There is no room for xenophobia, hate, exclusion and persecution on our company," said Bernd Osterloh, head of the company's works council, which represents employees. ...........................
"I'm there to represent the company and be accountable to the shareholders; on the other hand, if people turn their head away . . . Well, we had that time in Germany," Kaeser told the Financial Times in May. "Nobody spoke up. Then it was too late." 
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