Unions at General Motors unit Opel on Tuesday warned widespread strike action is a possibility as they refused to accept a planned Belgian plant closure at the troubled carmaker. "A strike is the last resort, but management has to realise that we will undertake all manner of (industrial) action -- and that can include strikes," said Peter Scherrer of the European ...

"It's a disaster" was 47-year-old auto worker Ronny Dupon's reaction on Friday after General Motors announced the closure of its Opel plant in Antwerp, voicing the feelings of anger and despair sweeping the city. Thursday's closure announcement sent shockwaves through the 2,600 factory workers and their families, with the insult compounded by the news that production ...

Employee representatives at General Motors Co.'s Opel unit on Friday slammed the automaker's announcement it would cut 8,300 jobs and close its plant in Belgium as a "declaration of war" on European workers. Armin Schild, head of the IG Metall ...

General Motors Europe announced on Thursday it is to close an entire car production plant in Belgium, making 2,600 workers redundant and ramping up an already tense climate of industrial unrest. "Our intention today is to stop production in a matter of a few months," new chief executive Nick Reilly told a Brussels press conference, suggesting June or July ...