GM's Opel to push for 40-hour work week for German employees
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Automaker Adam Opel AG is proposing increasing the work week for its German employees to 40 hours from 35 hours to save money, according to a report Friday.
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Two of Europe's biggest car-makers, Volkswagen and Opel, will this week open the latest front in German industry's battle to slash costs, secure longer working hours and impose more flexible conditions -- or ...
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Representatives from German carmaker Volkswagen AG and a labor union said Friday they had agreed to increase working hours at plants in western Germany by more than four hours a week to 33 hours, without any increase in pay.
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General Motors Corp.'s German division announced a deal Thursday that will allow the struggling automaker to cut thousands of jobs while avoiding forced layoffs and offering generous incentives for employees to leave.
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General Motors&#39; Adam Opel AG unit said Tuesday it had agreed with employee delegates to try to ensure the survival of its main plants in Germany beyond 2010, while finding &quot;socially acceptable&quot; ways of cutting back their work force
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General Motors' European unit is to cut 10,000 jobs in Germany as part of a plan to save  $665m (Â£347m) annually.
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Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, has become the latest German firm to try to take on unions as it seeks to make major cost cuts.
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Work resumed at the Bochum factory of German car maker Opel this afternoon after workers voted to return to their posts following six days of stoppages to protest plans by Opel's US parent, General Motors, to slash 12,000 jobs in Europe.
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Representatives from Volkswagen AG and Germany's biggest industrial union said Friday they had agreed to increase working hours at plants in western Germany by more than four hours a week to 33 hours without ...Comment
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Some 4,000 workers at three Volkswagen AG plants in Germany held brief work stoppages early Friday as the union launched a promised campaign of warning strikes to underline their resistance a company demand for ...
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10/21/04- The assembly line began is rolling again at a General Motors plant in western Germany. More than two-thirds of the workers there have decided to end a 6-day walkout protesting the threat of job cuts.
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General Motors Corp.'s European unit Thursday announced a deal that will allow the struggling automaker to cut up to 12,000 jobs &#151; most of them in Germany, where it will offer generous incentives for employees to leave.
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Industrial group Siemens AG and Germany's biggest industrial union announced a deal Tuesday that will result in a longer working week for 8,000 employees at the company's sales and repair branches in Germany.
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Airbus  is considering extending its workweek to 40 hours from 35 hours without compensation as part of the European planemaker's restructuring plans, German magazine Focus reported.
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LONDON, December 9  - General Motors Corp (XGM.NYS) plans to cut 9,500 jobs at its German unit, Adam Opel AG, as part of its efforts to reduce its significant losses in Europe.
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General Motors'  European labor force on Friday hailed news that the world's biggest carmaker had decided to sell Belgian-made Opel Astras in North America under the Saturn brand from late next year.
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General Motors Corp  aims to  quadruple sales of its Chevrolet brand cars in Germany within  seven years, the division&#39;s manager was quoted as saying on  Sunday.