negotiations may take weeks but without substantial savings for opel p.s.a. may follow through on its threats to reduce staff at the factory in eyes enough as well as another in kaiserslautern. every step hurts and she hasn't been able to walk without crutches for five years neal of her bag was working as a seamstress at rana plaza when the nine stories of our building collapsed pinning her legs under the rubble for ten hours the compensation she received thirty five hundred euros wasn't enough to cover her multiple operations her family has had to scrimp and save to get by. for her were i want compensation from the government none of the affected workers have been properly compensated they gave us hardly anything but of what happened to all the aid money they came from abroad we need that money. there was a powerful outcry from the international community after the disaster working conditions in bangladesh improved a bit for the garment workers as owners addressed safety issues and improved structural integrity. still band hense man of clean clothes campaign

p.s.a. to honor its promises. c.s.a. assured us that opel would remain a german car company. that's why we're fighting for these three facilities and won't trade them for more promises. and also. works council members that are leading talks with p.s.a. say opel can become competitive again without cutting staff they say many employees will soon retire and that others are willing to be bought out of their contracts. and they're losing one solution would be to get back to the negotiating table and go through the union deal with a clear head we need constructive offers from company management and then we can see if we can reach an agreement or. talks are set for the next several weeks but if both sides can tinker deal including drastic cuts the future of the opel factories throughout the region is anything but certain. and sitting with cars china has a lower place the u.s. is the world's most important market on wednesday the beijing motor show opens its doors and it's also become a world leader having usurped car fares in both detroit and frankfurt this is the steering to a new

opel posted losses for two decades under its previous owner g.m. . new owner p.s.a. is looking to make opel more competitive that was the goal announced in two thousand and seventeen. is this our clear plan is to cut out forced redundancies we want to keep our existing plants in europe and modernize them. as well as develop a plan to make each location competitive. in. these commitments however don't seem to apply to eisenach for mayor of this about face from p.s.a. comes as a surprise. we expect p.s.a. to keep its promises to uphold the collective wage agreements and honor the investments they pledged to us and off. higher wage agreements negotiated between the metal workers union and g.m. coupled with recent salary hikes of three point seven percent make it harder to restructure opel industry experts fed in and didn't have opel plants could be in jeopardy human done. i don't see how the p.s.a. group which is used to working with large plants will be able to deal with the higher wage structures coming into place with these two plants and the threat for eisenach and l

p.s.a. has not improved now the parent company plans cuts and opel workers and officials are vowing not to take. company transports continue to arrive at opal's factory in eisenach but that could change soon opals french owner p.s.a. is looking to cut ships and reduce its workforce by eight hundred employees about half the workforce here a potential disaster for eyes and the suv of it to you but this will be catastrophic for the region because it affects not only opel but a number of suppliers sized those eight hundred jobs don't reflect the whole picture. it'll also affect the city the central shopping district. the local economy will collapse because there won't be any money that'll happen if they lay off those eight hundred people it's tragic. posted losses for two decades under its previous owner g.m. new owner p.s.a. is looking to make opel more competitive that was the goal announced in two thousand and seventeen. is this our clear plan is to cut out forced redundancies we want to keep our existing plants in europe and modernize them. as well as develop a plan to make each location compet

p.s.a. made a lot of commitments to opel jobs plans now. something has to give the demands more sacrifices how did we come here how did we get here well clearly a p.s.a. has decided that business as usual isn't going to be an option if business is failing they know what this is a problem that could get worse the irony of the drive to reduce costs by cutting jobs and working hours is that the people who can go voluntarily are going and they tend to be the highly skilled people that are relevant to the future strategy of a company those are the people that have skills that make them attractive on the market your engineers are lists so the slow. or just could turn into a talent gap and that could hurt competitiveness now speaking of strategy acquired opel last year ever since then has there been a strategy for opel and if so what their strategy looked like well p.s.a. in general is looking to solidify its return to the north american market while trying to improve performance and its emerging markets but for opel itself to virus is guided by th

p.s.a. after its acquisition of opel from general motors the french p.s.a. group became europe's second largest comic last summer and the french groups such as appears to be paying off in the first three months of this year p.s.a. group sold more than one million cars that's a record and it means the company is on track to meet its goal of selling four million cars in twenty eighteen the opel vauxhall. brand formerly owned by general motors accounted for more than a quarter of costs sold us opel still posted significant losses last year and analysts say it remains in the red that's what p.s.a. group is trying to cut costs at opel it is now in negotiations with germany's largest industry trade union over its plans to suspend the pain crease at opel factories through. company transports continue to arrive at opal's factory in eisenach but that could change soon opals french owner p.s.a. is looking to cut ships and reduce its workforce by eight hundred employees about half the workforce here a potential disaster for eyes and the suv of it could make you but thi

p.s.a. plans cuts at opel the workers are protesting. company transports continue to arrive at opal's factory in eisenach but that could change soon opals french owner p.s.a. is looking to cut ships and reduce its workforce by eight hundred employees about half the workforce here a potential disaster for eyes and. this will be catastrophic for the region because it affects not only opel but a number of suppliers sized those eight hundred jobs don't reflect the whole picture. so affected the city the central shopping district. the local economy will collapse because there won't be any money that will happen if they lay off those eight hundred people it's tragic. posted losses for two decades under its previous owner g.m. . new owner p.s.a. is looking to make opel more competitive that was the goal announced in two thousand and seventeen. is this our clear plan is to cut out forced redundancies we want to keep our existing plants in europe and modernize them. as well as develop a plan to make each location competitive that. these commitment

p.s.a. has promised in the past there are no jobs will be cut but the opel learners only have a job guaranteeuntil the very end of this year if p.s.a. runs out of patience opel might have to fire up to one thousand people most likely in their smallest production location in the city of eisenhower german chancellor angela merkel has reminded peers in many times not to forget what they were promised to thousands of opel employees before taking over the company. john hope that the frankfurt stock exchange now you're not allowed to water the garden you can forget about filling the pool for example or washing your car cape town's drought is a real pain but think about those farmers who've got whole fields to irrigate. martin use cholesky soros runs as he proves true citrus plantation it hasn't seen proper rain for quite some time all twenty seven thousand five hundred trees on his fields need watch or other was there for oil off. if that happens cholesky will go bankrupt. that's why he's invested in new ideas to save water we've throwed chip chills below the trees so it. keeps the soil moisture yo

lots of uncertainty here germany's carmaker opel the company is having a really hard time to complete the homework off their new owner p.s.a their goal is very simple opel who has been reporting losses since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine mostly under the ownership of general motors needs to be profitable again and that by twenty twenty p.s.a. has promised in the past they're no drops will be cut but the opel earners only have a job guarantee until the very end of this year if piers a runs out of patience opel might have to fire up to one thousand people most likely in their smallest production location in the city of eisenhower german chancellor angela merkel has to remind the peers in many times not to forget what they were promised to thousands of opel employees before taking over the company. john hope that the frankfurt stock exchange now you're not allowed to water the garden you can forget about filling the pool for example or washing your car cape town's drought is a real pain but think about those farmers who've got whole fields to irrigate. martin use cholesky soros runs as he drives through citrus plantat

p.s.a. has been on able to reverse shrinking sales at opel but the comic a c.e.o. says its restructuring is showing first signs of success. but let's bring in our financial correspondent standing by at the frankfurt stock exchange daniel can opel really deliver what p.s.a. wants it to do. well that's the thing at the beginning there were optimistic now many never knew that the task the whole work could be a little bit too big and as a result they could maybe lose their job that's going to be the main topic a different opel employees meeting around the country just yesterday it was announced that vauxhall and opel are slimming at their dealer network the nameplates will cancel their contracts off their entire out one thousand six hundred european dealers of which four hundred are here in germany and about three hundred and twenty in the u.k. p.s.a. has been very clear from day one after years of losses opal needs to come back into the winning zone under the ownership of general motors this was not the case since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine so the whole wor

has promised in the past that no jobs will be cut but the opel are not only have a job guarantee until the very end of this year if p.s.a. runs out of patience opel might have to fire up to one thousand people most likely in their smallest production location in the city of eisenhower german chancellor angela merkel has reminded p.s.a. many times not to forget what they were promised to thousands of opel employees before taking over the company. promises promises that i can say that in french. i'll tell you no later all right before we let you go in our mind you have the top stories that we're following for you right now cuba has sworn in its new president as me where the us kind of the fifty seven year old communist party loyalist takes the reins from the construct brothers who ruled this island nation for the past six decades promised he would keep up cuba's revolutionary politics. in washington w.'s on leave iraq we hope to see going to top the hour. good shape in good shape as having celebrations to attend in france free and free celebration this togetherness you ask you to send us your most favorite brand new dk an

p.s.a. promised to make opel and vauxhall profitable again without any plant closures or compulsory job cutsbut opals lost p.s.a. one hundred seventy nine million euros since the takeover and its sales continue to disappoint first quarter sales came in at two hundred seventy four thousand units this year that's twenty five thousand down on the same time last year and market share was down from over six percent to five point seven percent and that in an expanding market p.s.a. has put investment plans on hold for one plant is mulling the closure of another and tabled mass redundancies at its main research center it's reportedly now refusing to uphold a multi-year job and plant guarantees it gave during the takeover workers' representatives say at least four thousand jobs could go by twenty twenty. somethings think a closer look at this dispute was a. good business to now initially p.s.a. made a lot of commitments to jobs on plants now the company the man's more sacrifices so how did we get here well we're in the situation where p.s.a. is being held to account by unions and the government whic

there are some worrying signals coming from german comic or opel however that was taken over by french p.s.a. group last year only recently p.s.a. ended its contract with all european opel showrooms and it also went back on commitments made not to sack workers at opal's is enough and also sign plants management is probably responding to continually falling sales at opel the german company sales were twenty five thousand down in the first quarter. the ritz hotel in paris has optioned off many items with a history beds like this kept dreams of the likes of coco chanel ernest hemingway and the billionaire rockefeller family very sweet but smaller artifacts like chinese faces lamps and ashtrays were also up for grabs as well as the ritz first bath tub ten thousand items were up for sale. not all fabulously expensive. they were previewed in reconstructed hotel suite in the art curial auction house. mohammed al halabi from kuwait is in good shape but his mother who doesn't want to appear on t.v. needs back surgery. so they travel to germany for treatment. here we get progressive medicine professio

a brand opel german automaker has failed to make a profit for more than fifteen years and its performance under p.s.a. has not improved now the parent company plans cuts at opel workers and officials are vowing not to take it. company transports continue to arrive at opal's factory in eisenach but that could change soon opals french owner p.s.a. is looking to cut ships and reduce its workforce by eight hundred employees about half the workforce here a potential disaster for eyes and because the school victory june this will be catastrophic for the region because it affects not only opel but a number of suppliers sized to those eight hundred jobs don't reflect the whole picture. it'll also affect the city the central shopping district. the local economy will collapse because there won't be any money and that will happen if they lay off those eight hundred people it's tragic. ople posted losses for two decades under its previous owner g.m. . new owner p.s.a. is looking to make opel more competitive that was the goal announced in two thousand and seventeen. just as our clear plan is to cut out forced re

you know not really opel are still having a really hard time to reach their k.p. eyes off p.s.a. their goal is very simple opel who has been reporting lots of since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine mostly under the ownership of general motors needs to be profitable again by twenty twenty by this homework that it's really seems to be become too difficult the financial situation hasn't proved to improve but already this year opel is having trouble again just now in the first quarter they did not sell enough cars we are hearing at least twenty five thousand less than actually wanted them to sail and then there's going to screw with worker unions many here fear that p.s.a. could be running out of patience now even though the french are in the driver's seat will it come to state aid from both the. yeah well that's a big question right now is that let's just imagine the scenario if this would be really happening it would be already the second time that the german government would be helping out already in two thousand and nine germany gave a four point five billion euros in form of

opel posted losses for two decades under its previous owner g.m. . new owner p.s.a. is looking to make opel more competitive that was the goal announced in two thousand and seventeen. is this our clear plan is to cut out forced redundancies we want to keep our existing plants in europe and modernize them. as well as develop a plan to make each location competitive. these commitments however don't seem to apply to eisenach for mayor copy of all of this about face from p.s.a. comes as a surprise. we expect t.s.a. to keep its promises to uphold the collective wage agreements and honor the investments they pledged to us in off. higher wage agreements negotiated between the metal workers union and g.m. coupled with recent salary hikes of three point seven percent make it harder to restructure opel industry experts fed and. opel plants could be in jeopardy human done. i don't see how the p.s.a. group which is used to working with large plants will be able to deal with the higher wage structures coming into place with these two plants the threat for icing off and prices loug

works council members that are leading talks with p.s.a. say opel can become competitive again without cutting staff they say many employees will soon retire and that others are willing to be bought out of their contracts. and they're losing one solution would be to get back to the negotiating table and go through the union deal with a clear head we need constructive offers from company management and then we can see if we can reach an agreement. talks are set for the next several weeks but if both sides can tinker deal including drastic cuts the future of the opel factories throughout the region is anything but certain. it was the deadliest accident of its kind five years ago today the collapse of a textile factory in bangladesh killed over eleven hundred workers the rana plaza disaster shed a painful light of the budget fashion industry with sweatshop conditions and little regard for workers health and safety brands unions and the government pledged to improve factory safety but the risk of another deadly disaster remains. every step hurts she has

p.s.a. has promised in the past their jobs will be cut but the opel learners only have a job guarantee untilthe very end of this year if p.s.a. runs out of patients opel might have to fire up to one thousand people most likely in their smallest production location in the city of eisenhower german chancellor angela merkel has reminded peers in many times not to forget what they promise to thousands of opel employees before taking over the company. financial correspondent daniel cope there now many parents grandparents or relatives of small children will likely not be surprised to learn that the toy industry is big business in fact globally it brings in ninety billion dollars in sales every year and get this companies end up making more if the toys they sell a targeted goals or boys i'm sure you know the troops fashion dolls for example for gold fost cars on the other hand for the boys. now i'm sure rather often you've heard encouragement for boys to push a trade around their railways set some of the fast cars there or for example go might be told to play nicely with the dolls needless to say

agreed to begin paying into an escrow account as it waits for a verdict opel workers have taken to the streets again new french on a p.s.a. look set to slash jobs at the german comic despite guarantees p.s.a. has money in the first three years of this year it sold more than a million cars that's a record for the group so it is on track to hit its target of four million this year opel vauxhall accounted for more than a quarter of those sales but the brand posted significant losses last year and it remains in the red that's why p.s.a. is trying to cut costs but the workers aren't buying it. ople 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 a region if it doesn't get wage concessions. to half 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

workers at the comic opel are protesting against the new parent company p.s.a. want stuff to give up a planned wage hike in return for new production investments but even worse in the workers' eyes the firm is already cutting jobs despite p.s.a. saying that posts were safe. workers from around germany assembled for the protest here nine is enough the metal workers union egan mattel is picketing and 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 region if it doesn't get wage concessions but actually he has to do it believe half of the team could be facing the chopping block eight hundred nine hundred people could be fired that's why i'm here because i want our jobs and all our jobs to stay in the region. with example but. if it we're not giving up our wages we've earned it and fought for it here matal 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 hal

that's right because some boring signals are coming from the german comic opel that was only last year taken over by the french p.s.a. group german chancellor angela merkel says the german government may need to come to the aid of all but she also expects parent company p.s.a. to stick to the commitments it made when it took over the future of one of the german factories is add risk off the shop stewards in the eastern town of eyes enough rejected wage concessions p.s.a. had demanded them exchange for a commitment to invest in a new production line for mobile new mobile so far p.s.a. has been unable to reverse shrinking sales. c.e.o. says its mis truck showing is showing first signs of success. it's bringing in financial correspondent the frankfurt stock exchange. will deliver what p.s.a. wants it to do. well many actually have grave doubts that this will be able that they will be able to fulfil what p.s.a. really wants p.s.a. has been very clear from day one after years of losses opal needs to come back into the winning zone under the ownership of general motors from the us this was not the case since one thousand