OPEL AFTERMATH: Factory, worker, futures unclear
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 11 September 2009
Yesterday's announcement that a Magna International-led consortium would buy a 55% stake in General Motors' European Opel/Vauxhall operations finally ended speculation about who would win the bidding round but employees were hardly put at rest as the matter of where Magna's expected 10,000-worker jobs axe will fall remains uncertain.
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