News from the General Motors Europe Works Council

General Motors Europe wants to eliminate 6000 jobs in Europe

On the 12^th of December, simultaneously with the newsmedia, representatives of the General Motors Europe Works Council were informed by General Motors Europe headquarters in Zurich that General Motors will eliminate about 6000 European jobs by 2002. The main impact of these plans is on the plant in Luton, UK, which will produce on only one shift starting in January 2001 and is to be closed in 2002.

The representatives of the European Works Council immediately rejected these plans and left the meeting under protest, because

The European Works Council rejects this attempt to solve problems caused by management mistakes at the employees expense by means of dismissals and plant closings.

We demand that the European management takes steps to improve the profitability of the enterprise through product and sales offensives that will save jobs at the affected plants. For its part, the European Works Council will make proposals to prevent the workforce reductions planned by management.

The employees of General Motors Europe stand together in these difficult times -- we will not allow management to split our ranks.

To obtain complete information, the delegates to the European Works Council have demanded an extraordinary session of the Manufacturing Committee for the beginning of next year.

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