Opel plans to reintroduce 40-hour week
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Troubled German car maker Opel, a unit of General Motors, is planning to extend the working week for employees from 35 to 40 hours without any corresponding rise in pay, the mass-circulation daily Bild reported.
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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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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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FRANKFURT : Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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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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Gov. Jennifer Granholm and executives from western and southeastern Michigan plan to head to Germany next week to try and get more high-end auto and health-related jobs for Michigan.
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A swift response to problems should speed the automaker's recovery.
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Renaultâs Engineering Director expects a two-stop theme tomorrowâ¦ but what might the variations be?
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I'm totally stressed out - German commuter this morning BERLIN (EuroNews) - More travel chaos is expected in Germany as a locomotive engineers' strike threatens to disrupt regional services.The latest and biggest in a series of strikes began at two o'clock in the morning local time and is to end at eight o'clock on Friday morning. Commuters in the east of the country and Berlin are particularly affected. "I'm totally stressed out" said one woman. "I have been here since six a.m. I was supposed to travel to Hof, but I can only get to Nuremburg and I have to wait for a train at 7.23." The engineers want a pay increase of around 30 percent and their own working contract. Their dispute with state rail company Deutsche Bahn has already lasted several months.
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German automaker BMW will launch a crucial redesign of its mainstay 3-Series in March, the company said Tuesday.
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The average manager puts in an extra 40 days a year to cope with their workload, a survey suggests.
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TOMORROW AUTO RACING 11 a.m. - Craftsman Trucks: Kroger 200 qualifying, Speed Noon - Formula One: Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying, Speed
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The European Commission unveiled proposals to reform EU laws on working hours, making them more flexible but cutting abuse notably by Britain of rules capping the working week at 48 hours.
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The planned elimination of 800 jobs is part of a restructuring plan that will cost $40 million, the troubled firm says.
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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&#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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RUESSELSHEIM - Germany&#39;s Opel car factory at Ruesselsheim resumed production Monday after work had been disrupted by a wildcat strike at another plant.