Opel will cut up to 400 jobs in Austria

(Ralph Orlowski/Bloomberg)

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Kirsti Knolle

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Reuters

March 28, 2019 11:07 AM

VIENNA -- Opel plans to cut 350-400 of the 1,200 jobs at its Austrian gearbox plant near Vienna due to the expiration of a large order for transmissions, the head of the Vienna works council told ORF radio.

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