Labor To GM: Talk To Me!

Leaked plans of GM doing the math on plant closures at Opel enrage Opel's labor leaders. They already had been miffed by GM's unwillingness to come to the negotiating table. Now they feel blindsided by math by math exercises at GM that involve the closure of Opel's Bochum plant, the plant in Ellesmere Port, or both. Opel-Vauxhall labor leaders told Reuters that they "demand that management clearly reject the public speculation (over plant closures) and agrees to hold immediate constructive internal talks in order to prevent further damage to Opel/Vauxhall." Opel sits on excess capacity equivalent to the output of two plants. Unions want GM vehicles imported to Europe to be built here to ward off plant closures. The unions say it's a deal. The alternative would be huge legally mandated severance packages. GM's calculations showed that closure of one plant could cost $2 billion. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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