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Three auto plants and as many different situations. Employees at General Motors Ellesmere Port, affected in 2006 by a major layoff plan, accepted more concessions to secure production of the new Astra, to the detriment of Opel's German plants. However, employees at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich and BMW's Cowley plants rejected their managements' proposals for more flexibility. The rejection by the British carmaker's staff is a threat to planned investments. The resistance from the German carmaker's British employees helped them gain major wage increases, with nothing in return. By Gregor Gall, Research Professor of Industrial Relations and Director of the Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU), University of Hertfordshire. (Ref. 120329)
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