Volkswagen and its unions were far from finding common ground on tackling a crisis at its German plants but held talks on Monday that both sides described as constructive, as record numbers of the carmaker's workers went on strike across the country.

The fourth round of wage talks between Volkswagen workers and management was accompanied by rolling strikes at nine of the auto giant's plants, but after six hours, no solution was reached. On Monday evening both sides spoke of a constructive atmosphere,

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Rolling strikes hit nine of auto giant Volkswagen's plants across Germany for the second time this month, as the Volkswagen workforce protests painful proposed cuts at Europe's largest carmaker. Monday's strikes ratchet up the pressure on management on the same day that the fourth round of collective bargaining negotiations over pay cuts and threatened factory closures got under way on Monday in Wolfsburg,

Tens of thousands of Volkswagen workers walked out on Monday in the second round of strikes in an escalating conflict between unions and management over the German carmaker's drastic savings plans. According to unions,

The head of  Volkswagen’s works council Daniela Cavallo has made it clear that the IG Metall union and the works council do not want to fight but “let off steam”.