Industrial confrontation at GM Europe escalates
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RUESSELSHEIM - General Motors faced massive demonstrations at its sites around Europe on Tuesday with worker representatives reporting a turnout of some 50,000 to protest against the company&#39;s massive job reduction plans.
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Germany saw fresh clashes Monday between  protesters and police ahead of this week&#39;s G8 summit as anti-globalisation activists fought to keep their cause from being hijacked by a violent minority.
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Longer working hours have sparked a heated debate in several northern European countries where businesses seek to remain competitive and unions claim jobs are being held hostage.
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Workers at three factories belonging to German car maker Volkswagen in northern Germany staged protest demonstrations on Tuesday to turn up the pressure on management ahead of a crucial round of wage talks ...
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Talks between General Motors and the UAW union approach a critical point as they continue into the night.
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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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FRANKFURT, Germany -- Production resumed Monday at a General Motors plant in Ruesselsheim that was idled by a lack of parts after workers at another factory staged a six-day walkout protesting threatened job cuts.
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United Auto Workers union- represented workers at plants in Michigan and Ohio began walking off the job and organizing pickets as a strike against General Motors Corp began on Monday.
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Hundreds of workers at an Opel car plant in Germany kept up a protest outside the factory gates Sunday against plans by owner General Motors Corp.
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FRANKFURT: General Motors Europe will chop 12,000 jobs over two years - around a fifth of its workforce - to lop 500 million euros ($673m) from costs at the loss-making business, it reaffirmed yesterday.First ...
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General Motors Corp.&#39;s European factories are expected to resume scheduled production Thursday after workers at a German factory ended a wildcat strike to protest planned job cuts.
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The growing confrontation promises to be an epic business battle.
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BOCHUM, Germany  - Thousands of employees at General Motors Corp.'s European factories staged protests Tuesday against the automaker's plan to slash 12,000 jobs across the continent, while a shortage of parts from a striking German plant forced two other factories to stop production.
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GM Europe , increased vehicle sales by 5.3 percent to a record 1,127,871 units in the first half as a surge in demand for its Korean-built Chevrolet brand cars compensated for a hefty decline in Saab sales.
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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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Production resumed Monday at a General Motors plant in Ruesselsheim that was idled by a lack of parts after workers at another factory staged a six-day walkout protesting threatened job cuts.
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More than 40,000 people took to the streets in Europe to protest against plans by US auto giant General Motors to axe about one-fifth of its workforce in the region and possibly even close a plant.