Saab jobs at risk in Sweden
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TROLLHATTEN, Sweden, April 21 Union officials expect up to 1,400 jobs to be cut at a Saab car plant in western Sweden, it was reported Saturday.The jobs are to be cut at the Trollhatten plant, despite plans for that plant to build the new Astra, a car designed by Saab's parent company, General Motors, said union official Paul Akerlund."It's clear that there won't be any new jobs in the future, said Akerlund." We will produce the same number of cars as today ... but with fewer workers." Most of Saab's 4,000 workers are based at the Trollhatten plant, which is one of four plants tapped to begin building the new Astra after 2010, The Local said.Throughout Europe, GM may cut up to 4,500 workers by 2010, said Peter Scherrer, who heads the European Metalworkers' Federation. Saab spokesman Christer Nilsson called those figures "theoretical" . Copyright 2007 by UPI
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