Ford executives have indicated they are willing to hold talks with labour representatives over planned structural changes at the U.S. carmaker's plants in Germany, the head of the worker's council at Ford's Cologne plant said on Saturday.
on Wednesday that Ford would decide by mid-February how many jobs to cut in Europe.
"Ford management has indicated their willingness to talk," Benjamin Gruschka, who is affiliated with trade union IG Metall, told a media briefing in Cologne. He said no date for talks had been agreed and that Ford had yet to give details on what their restructuring plan entails.The IG Metall union has said it was bracing for a worstfor the Cologne site of up to 2,500 job cuts in product development and a further 700 in administration.
Gruschka also said Ford employees were ready to push back against any cutbacks, but declined to specify further.
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