Negotiations with management on a restructuring plan for the Opel factory in Spain have collapsed, unions have said.

The central government in Madrid immediately called a meeting for today between the two sides to try and reach a deal over the plant in Figueruelas, near Zaragoza in northern Spain, which employs 7,000 people, AFP reported.

The head of the plant’s works council, Juan Jose Arceiz, said the management had rejected a union proposal for a two-year wage freeze. He said the plant’s four unions would meet to consider what action to take.