Germany: offended by General Motors’ decision to keep Opel, unions become hostile

Russelsheim, Opel’s central works council and the IG-Metall called on the carmaker’s 45,000 European employees to take part in warning strikes to protest against the unexpected decision of the parent company, GM, to not sell its Opel and Vauxhall subsidiaries. Strikes should start on Thursday, November 5 at 11 am on all German sites, and should be extended the day after to other European sites. Klaus Franz, head of the central WC and of the EWC, warned that, in that context, employees would wit