Volkswagen bosses and workers' representatives start talks addressing the ailing German auto titan's drastic cost-cutting plans, with thousands of staff staging a protest outside the Hanover venue. "We say that the problems must be solved in such a way that there are no site closures, that there are no compulsory layoffs", says Thorsten Groeger, lead negotiator for union IG Metall ahead of the talks. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES