MADRID, March 12 (Reuters) - Spanish unions and General Motors' European arm Opel have reached a preliminary agreement on the future of the Figuruelas plant, the Aragon government said on its website on Friday.
The regional government had been mediating in talks on the plant's restructuring after negotiations with the carmaker broke down and were followed by threats of industrial action by labour representatives.
The accord includes a 1 percent wage rise for 2009 and 2010 and a 2 percent rise in 2011 and 2012, local newspaper El Heraldo de Aragon reportedd on Friday citing a representative from Spain's second-largest union, Union General de Trabajadores.
Labour representatives and Opel had also agreed on previously announced lay offs of 900 workers from the plant's 7,000-strong workforce, the newspaper said.
On March 2, GM tripled its funding commitment for Opel and cut its request for state aid in a bid to win support from European governments and labour representatives.
(Reporting by Robert Hetz; Writing by Paul Day; Editing by Dan Lalor) Keywords: OPEL SPAIN/ (paul.e.day@thomsonreuters.com; Tel + 34 91 585 83 08; Reuters Messaging: paul.e.day.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
The regional government had been mediating in talks on the plant's restructuring after negotiations with the carmaker broke down and were followed by threats of industrial action by labour representatives.
The accord includes a 1 percent wage rise for 2009 and 2010 and a 2 percent rise in 2011 and 2012, local newspaper El Heraldo de Aragon reportedd on Friday citing a representative from Spain's second-largest union, Union General de Trabajadores.
Labour representatives and Opel had also agreed on previously announced lay offs of 900 workers from the plant's 7,000-strong workforce, the newspaper said.
On March 2, GM tripled its funding commitment for Opel and cut its request for state aid in a bid to win support from European governments and labour representatives.
(Reporting by Robert Hetz; Writing by Paul Day; Editing by Dan Lalor) Keywords: OPEL SPAIN/ (paul.e.day@thomsonreuters.com; Tel + 34 91 585 83 08; Reuters Messaging: paul.e.day.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
