German workers feel chill of General Motors job cuts
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By Hugh Williamson in Berlin and Richard Milne in RÃ¼sselsheim. The mood at Opel&#39;s RÃ¼ssel-heim factory near Frankfurt was as chilly yesterday as the weather.
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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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The world&#39;s largest automaker launched negotiations with European employees after it unveiled the cost-cutting plans in October, triggering days of walkouts at GM&#39;s German plants.
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No. 1 automaker trying to stem losses from unit; most cuts due in Germany next year. RUESSELSHEIM, Germany  - General Motors will cut up to 12,000 jobs over the next two years to reduce annual costs
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BOCHUM, Germany  - Workers at a General Motors  plant in Bochum, Germany, swallowed their anger over job cuts  and voted on Wednesday to end a seven-day stoppage that has  disrupted output at three other GM factories.
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US car giant General Motors says it is to shed 12,000 jobs in Europe, with Germany bearing the brunt of the losses.
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Angry workers at an Opel car plant in Germany stayed off the job yesterday, continuing their protest against plans by parent company General Motors for thousands of job cuts and defying calls from union leaders and the government to return to work.
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Staff outraged by General Motors&#39; plans to slash up to 12,000 jobs in Europe have stopped work at a plant in Bochum, Germany, its works council said on Friday.
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Angry auto workers at an Adam Opel AG plant stayed off the job Monday to protest plans by parent company General Motors Corp.
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WORKERS at General Motorsâ German unit Adam Opel are not out of the woods yet. The company and union officials have agreed to reduce the German workforce by up to 10,000, but if cost cutting falls short, or
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From assembly lines to retail counters, these are bitter and confusing days for German workers.
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General Motors Corp. offered German workers generous buyouts Thursday to pave the way for up to 12,000 job cuts in Europe, where the world&#39;s largest automaker is struggling to end years of losses amid fierce competition and weak demand.
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General Motors&#39; loss-making European division is to cut 12,000 jobs in a bid to save $665m (Â£347m) annually. The redundancies will affect a fifth of its workforce, with 10,000 positions going at Opel plants in Germany.
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RUESSELSHEIM - US automotive giant General Motors aims to slash 9,500 jobs at its German subsidiary Opel, but payroll cuts will come without compulsory redundancies, Opel&#39;s top workers representative said on Thursday.
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General Motors Corp., the world&#39;s biggest carmaker, faced wider production cutbacks in Europe as a six-day protest against job-cut plans spread and a shortage of parts from Germany halted work at a Belgian car plant.
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GM's plans to cut 12,000 jobs across Europe spark a walk out of a German car plant likely to be hit by the cuts.
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A strike at a General Motors plant in Germany began to squeeze the company&#39;s European production Tuesday as a lack of parts halted two other factories, while thousands of