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Opel Slashes Hours At Main German Factory

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Opel Slashes Hours At Main German Factory
Deutsche Welle
October 1, 2019



Workers will have to rely on government compensation after Opel slashed hours at its historic German plant. Production will be cut massively next year.

Workers at the Opel factory in Germany's Rüsselsheim will be working reduced hours, the auto manufacturer confirmed on Tuesday.

The reduced hours for about 2,600 employees of the long-struggling company will last at least six months. There will be some government compensation for affected workers, including partial, untaxed pay from unemployment insurance.

"This step serves to create a socially acceptable bridge solution," the company said.

The Rüsselsheim plant is Opel's biggest and oldest manufacturing plants, operating since 1898. The production run for the Zafira model at the plant has just ended and sales for the Insignia limousine, also built at the plant, have been weak.

According to internal forecasts, only 42,000 cars will be built at the plant next year — about a third of what was produced in 2018. Theoretically, around 180,000 cars are possible at full capacity.

In June, French parent company PSA announced it would move Astra production from Poland to Rüsselsheim at the end of 2021, a move the company said would secure the future of the plant.
 
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