Germany: Opel’s WC calls on all the European employees of the group to protest, on January 26, against the shutdown of the Antwerp plant

l, announced the shutdown of the Antwerp plant on January 21, the conflict between unions and the parent company, General Motors, toughened. Qualifying this decision of a “declaration of war” from GM to all Opel European employees, the IG-Metall warned, on January 22, that, in this context, the employees weren’t willing to make wage concessions to help the manufacturer restructure. The same day, Klaus Franz, chair of Opel’s WC and EWC, called on all of Opel’s European employees to come to Antwe