General Motors has no plans to lay off people

ST PETERSBURG, January 26. Automotive General Motors plant in Shushary near St. Petersburg has no plans to reduce the company's employees in connection with the transition to a three-day working week. The introduction of the new schedule will be from February 9, 2009, RBC reports quoting the press service of the GM in Russia. Factory workers at the same time will receive a salary, depending on the number of hours worked out. We add that this is the second stop of the factory assembly lines because of repair work this winter. The first was conducted from December 20, 2008 to January 11, 2009. The second began with a stop today. To protect the rights of workers at the plant in the first half of January was created an independent trade union. The first official meeting of representatives of trade union plant, inter-union auto workers and members of management of the plant was held on January 20. The union was recognized by representatives of professional associations plant employees were satisfied with the outcome of the meeting. U.S. carmaker General Motors manufactures passenger cars and trucks in 33 countries. In addition to the St. Petersburg plant in Russia at the auto giant a joint venture GM-AvtoVAZ in Togliatti, which arranged production cars Chevrolet-Niva. The company sells cars under the brands Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall