Officials will travel to Zurich in Switzerland in the New Year to press Mike Burns, president of General Motors Europe, to rethink the future of the Luton factory. British employment laws mean Vauxhall workers in this country would have to be balloted on industrial action. But the protests, including strikes, could go ahead without ballots in other European countries including Germany, Belgium and France, according to union officials. Tony Woodley, chief negotiator for the Transport and General Workers Union, said the European union leaders were making it clear to the company that they could not ignore European law on consulting about redundancies. Senior members of the works council have decided to seek co-ordinated action to prevent the closure of any plant.
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