German Opel Plant Workers Seek Assurance
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Workers at an Opel car plant in Germany demanded assurances that there would be no compulsory layoffs as a condition for ending a stoppage prompted by parent company General Motors' announcement of sweeping job cuts.
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Unions seek assurances on jobs in the event of a Barclays' takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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Automaker Adam Opel AG is proposing increasing the work week for its German employees to 40 hours from 35 hours to save money, according to a report Friday.
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The head of VW's workers' council said in an interview published Monday he wanted assurances that luxury car maker Porsche would respect contract agreements and preserve jobs if it bought the European auto giant.
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Volkswagen (VW) and its workers headed into crucial wage negotiations yesterday that will sorely test the tradition of labour-management co-operation at the car maker as it struggles
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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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In todayÂs economy, workers have to prepare for the possibility that their jobs wonÂt last as long as they once expected.
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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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Workers at the General Motors pickup plant in Pontiac, Michigan said they were preparing themselves for the possibility of spending months out of work.
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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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German carmaker Adam Opel AG told a group representing workers that it wanted to cut wages and benefits and change working hour arrangements, employee representatives said Wednesday.
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Outraged workers in Germany refuse to resume production as automaker seeks to save $623.8Ma year. FRANKFURT, Germany  - General Motors management started negotiations with union leaders Monday over
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Thousands of shell-shocked Volkswagen workers in Brussels were plotting their next moves, a day after hearing that 4,000 of the 5,300 jobs at the plant will be lost.
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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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Wildcat strikes over looming job cuts at automaker Opel have caught a major German trade union off-guard at a time when its plate is full with opposition to mass staff cuts at other companies and to a ...
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Opel gets by without layoffs.â Readers taking in these and similar headlines earlier this week were well advised to read the fine print.
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Workers at the Airbus plant in north Wales are to learn whether expected mass job cuts will affect them.