28 January, 2010European GM workers show solidarity to Antwerp Opel workers and Saab finds a new owner in Sweden.
EUROPE: On Tuesday January 26, the Opel Works Council called the workers of all European sites to an employee meeting in Antwerp.
Employees from Opel in Germany, Poland, Spain and the UK´s Vauxhall plants demonstrated their solidarity with the threatened colleagues of the Antwerp plant.
The Unions' Representatives and the members of the Opel Works Council declared that there will be no sacrifice and no concession by the workers unless this decision is reversed.
Klaus Franz, the head of the General Works Council said that GM broke the signed agreement with trade unions to replace the Astra by two small SUV´s at the Antwerp plant.
The unions declared GM management should be aware that the Opel workers have a long history of solidarity and there will be a lot of support from all European sites for the colleagues in the Antwerp plant. For more go to: http://www.solidaritatfuropelantwerpen.be
On a more positive note, Spyker agreed to buy Saab, which belongs so far to GM.
This decision saves not only 3,400 jobs at Saab in Trollhätten, Sweden but thousands more at suppliers and retailers.