
Employee representatives warn of a "devastatingly wrong decision", adam opel AG sees the planned relocation of astra production to less expensive foreign countries as an important step out of the loss zone.
The works council is trying to reach a solution at the negotiating table for the time being. "The employees’ side has proposed to take over the investments for the production of the next astra generation when it comes to russelsheim", the german press agency learned from union circles on monday.
In order to prevent the planned relocation of astra production in russelsheim to ellesmere port in england and gliwice in poland from 2015 onwards, the employees agreed to forego wage components amounting to around 35 million euros. In addition, efficiency could be increased in order to "counter-finance" the necessary investments.