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Vauxhall workers will not be made redundant - as long as they take a pay cut or agree new flexible working procedures. Bosses at parent company General Motors say they have reached agreement with union leaders across Europe for a 'new deal' to protect jobs. Hans Demant, managing director and vice president of engineering at GM Europe, said: "We have an umbrella agreement. We are looking at less work and less pay." Car bosses and unions have agreed that among the flexible options for workers at Vauxhall plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton will be: pay cuts, sabbaticals on 30% salary, four-day weeks and cuts in shifts. Mr Demant said: "As long as these agreements are in place we will not go for forced redundancies."

DATED: 13.01.09

FEED: AW