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Workers at German car maker Opel halted production at a factory in Bochum for a fifth consecutive day yesterday in protest at plans by US parent General Motors (GM) to slash thousands of jobs in Europe.
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South Korean public sector workers  launched an unprecedented strike Monday, setting them on a  collision course with the government of President Roh Moo-hyun,  which has vowed a tough line on what it labels an illegal  action.
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Carmaker Volkswagen could become the next venue for strikes after personnel chief Peter Hartz called for a two-year wage freeze Monday.
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Workers at Opel auto plants in Bochum walked out Thursday as soon as the parent company, General Motors, announced it was cutting 10,000 jobs in Germany.
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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 and wage increases it is demanding.
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Unrest hits output; workers fight plan to slash 12,000 positions, say losses due to mismanagement.
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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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National strike will hit public transport across nation.
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Senior negotiators from Volkswagen and its main union have met to seek a deal on cost cutting that could head off the first full-blown strike at the carmaker&#39;s western German factories.
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Local leaders with the United Auto  Workers union on Thursday began preparing to walk picket lines  as soon as Friday if contract talks with General Motors Corp.   break down after the UAW singled out the No. 1 U.S.  automaker as its strike target.
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German union leaders say more than 12,000 workers have staged warning strikes at three Volkswagen plants, while a sixth round of contract talks was scheduled in Hannover.
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BOCHUM, Germany Thousands of General Motors employees at its European factories are staging protests to fight what they call &quot;bad management.
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Friction is mounting between German automaker Porsche and workers at Volkswagen, where employee representatives fear losing their influence if VW is swallowed up by Porsche.
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Rail workers join France's rolling campaign of strikes in the public sector, causing widespread disruption.
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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. to cut thousands of jobs, defying calls from union leaders and the government to return to work.
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German services union Verdi kept up the pressure on Deutsche Telekom Thursday, with 15,000 employees staging walk-outs as a second day of talks got underway to resolve strikes at the telecoms giant.
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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.