General Motors Europe is contemplating cutting 1,000 jobs at Vauxhall’s factory in Ellesmere Port, according to a report in The Sunday Times of 7 May, as it “struggles to reconcile investment plans for a new range of models with falling demand for the Vauxhall Astra shared by Ellesmere Port and Opel plants.
A GM source told The Sunday Times: “GM Europe is constantly in discussions with all interested parties on improving the efficiency of Ellesmere Port and aligning capacity for all other GM plants building the current-generation Astra.
“In particular, we are working closely with unions and works councils to achieve the best possible solution for all concerned. When those discussions have reached a conclusion, we will discuss this with our workforce first.”
The Ellesmere Port plant employs 3,300 people and produced 188,000 cars in 2005.
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