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.

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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.

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