Three Opel Facilities in Germany Ratify Pact
Workers at three Opel facilities in Germany have approved a labor accord that would freeze wages through 2015 and allow the company to shutter a plant in Bochum in 2016.
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Workers at three Opel facilities in Germany have approved a labor accord that would freeze wages through 2015 and allow the company to shutter a plant in Bochum in 2016.
General Motors Co.'s European unit agreed to extend its job security pledge by two years to 2016.
Members of the IG Metall union at the Dudenhofen testing center, Kaiserlautern engine factory and Russelsheim assembly plant ratified the accord by majorities of more than 80%. Workers at Opel's assembly facility in Eisenach are scheduled to vote soon.
Bargaining continues at the Bochum factory. The company has promised to convert the plant into a logistics center and shift some workers to a nearby parts distribution center, thus assuring jobs for about 1,200 of the 3,000 employees there. Opel also is offering voluntary severance packages to 700 workers in Bochum several years before the facility closes.
IG Metall says that the pact can take effect at the plants where it has been accepted even if employees elsewhere reject the agreement.
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