The verdict came last night, employees of the American manufacturer in Strasbourg agreed to make concessions to keep their jobs. The vote held yesterday are unambiguous: the employees of General Motors in Strasbourg overwhelmingly approved the recovery plan of the new GM entity. They thus accepted the wage freeze for two years and a waiver of more than one third of the 17 days of RTT. Measures that conditioned the purchase of new GM plant because the agreement to return the site only if the cost of labor decreased by 10% without downsizing.
Of the 929 voters (out of 957 employees at the site, a rate of 97%), 645 voted for the plan (70.65%), while 268 voted against (29.35%) told AFP a CFDT delegate (majority), Union co-organizer of the vote along with the FOR and CFTC.Hostile takeover plan, the CGT had called on his side to vote "no."
GM management Strasbourg was immediately welcomed the "strong approval", saying that "this result shows that employees have understood that the future of the site and its 1,150 jobs is a priority."
The Strasbourg plant which manufactures gearboxes for automobile manufacturers, including BMW, sought a buyer since the bankruptcy of the former American group. Born last year, the new GM, General Motors Company (GMC), is owned 60% by the U.S. federal government.
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