Brazil auto workers, GM fail to agree on job cuts
- Published: 19 Jan 2013 at 04.45
- Online news: World
Brazilian auto workers on Friday failed to talk General Motors out of cutting 1,598 jobs as the two sides agreed to meet again next week, the union said.
Dozens of new General Motors cars at the GM car park, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, on December 2, 2008. A union statement accused GM of continued intransigence at the meeting in Sao Jose dos Campos, which was also attended by representatives of the labor and development ministry.
The talks began earlier in the day after a two-hour morning stoppage by around 4,000 employees at the GM facility in the industrial city of Sao Jose dos Campos, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Sao Paulo.
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