North Rhine-Westphalia, told Planet Labor that all of Opel’s European employee representatives agreed on a joint course of action: they will negotiate together and will not sign individual agreements at site level. The joint declaration, signed by the representatives of 40,000 Opel employees in 9 European countries, is only made up of one sentence, translated in 8 languages: “Dear Mr. Stracke (editor’s note: chairman of Opel’s board), we will not negotiate with you on a local level.”
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