GM could make 6,300 Saab jobs disappear in Sweden: union

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2004

STOCKHOLM (AFP) — US auto giant General Motors has decided to shut down one of its two mid-size car-making plants in Europe next year, a decision that could force its subsidiary Saab to close operations in Sweden and slash 6,300 jobs, the Swedish metalworkers' union said.

"During the first quarter next year, General Motors will decide which place is the company's future for the production of mid-size cars. There are two possible solutions. One is Trollhaettan (in southwestern Sweden, just north of Gothenberg). The other is Russelsheim in Germany," the union wrote in a statement.

About 6,300 people work in the Saab factory in Trollhaettan, while approximately 5,600 people work at GM-subsidiary Opel's factory in Russelsheim, according to Swedish news agency TT....