Eisenach: Opel works threatens job cuts

Under the new owner PSA, the carmaker has to save Opel. IG Metall fears job deletions and therefore insists on adherence to old contracts.

Eisenach: Opel works threatens job cuts

Thanks to refurbishment of automobile company Opel, several hundred jobs were put at risk in plants in Eisenach and Rüsselsheim. Like economic week, citing participants in an internal Betriebsversammlungberichtet, in Rüsselsheim in next two years, 2,700 of a total of 7,700 jobs could be deleted. InEisenach is half of 1,800 jobs affected by degradation.

DieBelegschaft was shocked, said Opel works council chief Wolf Gang Schäfer-Kluge. The employees mselves had never experienced such behaviour under former owner General Motors. Already at that time, thousands of jobs were painted at Opel and Geschlossenworden works, including Bochum plant. The works council accuses Opel of employing employees with threat of Arbeitplatzabbau under Druckzu in order to achieve derWerke concessions in ongoing negotiations on utilisation of capacity.

Derzeitverhandeln new French owner PSA and trade union IGMetall for future of locations in Eisenach, Kaiserslautern UndRüsselsheim. Under Druckdes of French parent company, Opel has to significantly reduce its costs – in addition, car manufacturer Altersteilzeitund early retirement programmes and a programme for FreiwilligeAbfindungen at end of March. The works in Germany are also under discussion. Sowill PSA group in Eisenachnur to build an electronic vehicle model, which would not load work and thus result in laws loss of numerous places.

However, DieIG Metal wants PSA group to comply with Treaties utilization of works already agreed with FrüherenOpel owner General Motors. However, according to DerGewerkschaft, new parent company requires concessions to ensure that se commitments are respected at all. Demnachkönnten plant closures can only be avoided if DIEOPEL employees do not give up income for investment and employment commitments.

Works Council calls for compliance with Treaties

Chairman of works council Schäfer-Kluge Warfnun PPE-chef Carlos Tavares not to have a concept for Zukunftvon Opel. "We want a nachhaltigesStandortkonzept that goes beyond year 2020," said. So far, PSA has not offered anything. According to Shepherd-wise, this is about existence of Opel. It's about existences, relocations in city, securing sites. "

At DerBetriebsversammlung in Eisenach, works council has now called for PSAdie adherence to applicable treaties. Thus, dieStandorte to 2020 should be secured and Kündigungenverzichtet to operational-related. "We have already renounced a wage for se commitments," said one of participants of meeting. However, re was still no satisfactory offer from PSA, it was said in audience. Stattdes Mustard ordered parent company to be allowed to pay collective wage increases and holiday and Christmas money hours, which is a Streichunggleichkäme.

Date Of Update: 20 April 2018, 12:02
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