"It did more than the workers to create the culture that spawned the scandal." The debate reflects mounting internal tension over cutbacks related to the seven-month-old scandal. The carmaker's powerful labour leaders are insistent that management take a hit amid negotiations over potential job cuts. Bernd Osterloh, Volkswagen's top worker representative who demanded job guarantees last week, met other top supervisory board members at a meeting on Monday, two weeks before Volkswagen is due to unveil management remuneration for last year when it reports delayed 2015 earnings. Volkswagen has said it stands by its contractual obligations to its employees. That could include a potential bonus for Winterkorn and paying Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch about 10 million euros (S$15.36 million) in compensation for switching from his better-paid chief financial officer role.