opel workers came from around germany to the ice in a protest organized by the egan mattel union the automotive workers want to show their solidarity parent company p.s.a. is said to be planning to fire around eight hundred employees almost half of its employees in the eyes in our region if it doesn't get wage concessions. it actually has to get the team could face the chopping block eight hundred or nine hundred people could be fired that's why i thought i should come here to show i'm against it i want our jobs all our jobs to stay in the region. like we do example but believe shoved we're not giving up our wages we've earned it and fought for it you get mattel fought for it and we're not giving it up. at the moment there's no plan for the future of the german operation they're looking at firing half their employees here. the majority of the plants morning crew joined the demonstrators at the gate. including many local politicians concerned about their constituents jobs. and even state premier bodo around mello who called on p.s.a. to honor its promises. c.s.a. assured us that opel