Opel management, workers talk in job issues
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The management and labor representatives of the car producer Opel began talks Monday on thecontroversial massive layoffs faced by its workers.
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Talks between the United Automobile Workers and General Motors appeared close to an impasse Sunday night.
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Wage talks next month at German automaker Volkswagen appear off to a difficult start after the powerful IG Metall union demanded a four percent wage rise and job guarantees for its members.
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Union leaders received an update on FordÂs condition Tuesday, but said they were not told about any specific steps the company planned to take.
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Negotiators from Volkswagen AG and Germany's biggest industrial union held a new round of wage talks Thursday, with the union threatening a flurry of short warning strikes if it doesn't get the job guarantees ...
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More than 30,000 jobs could be at risk at automaker Volkswagen if labor unions refuse to forego wage rises and make other concessions in upcoming negotiations, a top manager was quoted as saying Thursday &#151; comments that drew a sharp response from Germany's largest industrial union.
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General Motors' GM.N German unit  Adam Opel AG will cut around 9,500 jobs at its loss-making  operations, a source who attended a briefing by the carmaker's  management on Thursday said.
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Volkswagen and its workers entered a critical week in their wage negotiations on Monday, with signs that a compromise was taking shape even as protests flared at factories across Germany.
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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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Staff at three VW factories start a series of small scale warning strikes, as the carmaker continues talks with unions over cost-cutting plans.
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Leaders of Germany's auto industry rejected a recent rash of criticism they lack initiative to build more environmentally friendly cars, saying in comments published Sunday they are working on new, ...Comment
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Workers and managers at Volkswagen&#39;s German plants are &quot;miles apart&quot; in their negotiations over a new pay deal, union representatives have said.
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WOLFSBURG, Germany : Around 4,000 workers at three factories of German car giant Volkswagen halted production for about an hour overnight in the first official warning strikes aimed at putting pressure on management in the deadlocked wage talks, unions
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During much of Germany&#39;s postwar economic boom, as prosperity mounted and car sales multiplied, workers at the Opel automobile factory here
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Thousands of staff at Volkswagen&#39;s Hanover plant walked off the job early this morning in a row over pay. The action came as management and workers&#39; representatives readied to resume deadlocked wage and employment talks.
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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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Volkswagen again threatened to move jobs abroad as management sat down with unions to resume wage talks at a time when Europe's biggest car maker is seeking to impose controversial and painful cost cuts on its workforce.