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VW, GM pay for past sins.(Opinion)

Automotive News Europe,  October, 2004  

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General Motors Europe's labor unions are rebelling against GME's plan to cut 12,000 jobs in western Europe.

Workers elsewhere are watching anxiously, especially employees at Volkswagen group's plants in Germany. VW has entered labor negotiations by threatening to move jobs from Germany unless labor yields on wages and work rules.

Germany is being forced to adjust to the reality of high production costs. The future of automotive production in Germany - of both whole-vehicle and parts output - is at stake.

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