GM considers employees’ plan to rescue plant

General Motors said March 2010 it was studying a proposal from its Belgian employees to keep its Antwerp plant open to build vehicles on contract for other carmakers.

GM, which wants to close the plant as part of a plan to cut capacity at its European Opel/Vauxhall operations by 20%, said it had made no decision on the plan.

In April 2010 it was announced that General Motors had agreed a deal with unions to close the Opel plant in Antwerp, removing an obstacle to completing long-running talks on the restructuring of its European operations.

ESO: Background information: GM Opel confirms Antwerp factory will shut http://www.europeansources.info/record/gm-opel-confirms-antwerp-factory-will-shut/

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