Central Europe car makers face labor shortage
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As Europe's car manufacturing  has shifted from west to east in the past decade, Slovakia has  earned a reputation as a Detroit in the heart of Europe.
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Volkswagen AG, Europe&#39;s largest carmaker, wants German workers to agree to a two-year wage freeze to cut costs amid a stagnating market in place of the 4 percent yearly raise unions are demanding.
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A parade of global companies have been unfurling plans in recent days to assemble cars in India for domestic sale and export.
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The news of Jean-Martin FolzÂs early departure illustrated that Europe shares the same problems facing the U.S. auto industry.
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FRANKFURT Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country&#39;s two largest car manufacturers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen, both of which reported mixed earnings on Thursday.
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Famed for engineering prowess, the German auto industry is also rife with rivalries and internecine politics.
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BOCHUM, Germany  - Thousands of embittered car  workers rallied across Europe against mass job cuts planned by  General Motors, the world's biggest automaker, as labor unrest  disrupted output at more GM plants Tuesday.
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Europe&#39;s biggest carmaker said 30,000 jobs could be cut in Germany if unions do not agree to cost-cutting plans. Volkswagen is pushing for a wage freeze and more flexibility in working hours to counteract falling sales.
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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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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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Porsche, the German maker of luxury sports cars, wants to extend working hours and cut jobs, its chairman said in a newspaper interview at a time when other car makers in Germany are also drastically reducing their workforce in an attempt to drive down costs.
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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.
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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 parent company General Motors for thousands of job cuts, demanding assurances that there will be no compulsory layoffs.
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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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HANOVER - Management at Volkswagen and union leaders were locked in tough wage talks Tuesday as thousands of workers at Europe&#39;s largest car maker staged more warning strikes.
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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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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