Employees of Brazilian Volkswagen carmak

Sao Bernardo do Campo, BRAZIL: Employees of Brazilian Volkswagen carmaker hold a national flag and a banner reading "No to dismissals", during a march after approving a 24-hour strike, at Anchieta plant, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, 25km south of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 31 May 2006. German Volkswagen, which employs 22,000 workers at the five plants in Brazil, announced early this month it plans thousands of job cuts in the country in a battle to stem foreign exchange losses arising from the Brazilian real's strength. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA (Photo credit should read MAURICIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images)