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Press Release No. 02/2010 Huber Accuses Opel CEO Reilly of Open and Obvious Breach of Contract

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1 February 2010 1 February 2010

Frankfurt am Main – IG Metall President Berthold Huber has accused Opel CEO Nick Reilly of a blatant breach of contract. “Opel/Vauxhall’s intention to no longer produce a newly developed Opel model in Antwerp but to relocate production to Korea is a blatant violation of contractual commitments,” Huber said Monday in Frankfurt. Furthermore, he noted, there is a positive internal feasibility study supporting the production of the vehicle in Belgium.

IG Metall is not prepared to support GM’s restructuring plans if the contributions demanded from employees are misused to finance the costs of plant closures and production relocations. “Furthermore, IG Metall will only agree to contributions if employees receive guarantees in return,” the union leader emphasized.

At the initiative of the IG Metall chairman, Peter Scherrer, General Secretary of the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMB), is inviting all chairpersons of its member unions with Opel sites to a meeting in Brussels on February 23 to discuss joint strategies against GM’s announced closure of the Opel site in Antwerp.

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