Vauxhall to build new Astra at UK plant

LONDON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will build the next generation of its Astra compact in Britain after workers at its factory in Ellesmere Port, northwest England, overwhelmingly agreed to a new labor deal, leaving its plant in Bochum, Germany in danger of closure. The U.S. carmaker said on Thursday it would invest 125 million pounds ($199 million) in the Ellesmere Port plant, where assembly of the new vehicle will start in 2015. ...

General Motors' Vauxhall plant in northern England will build the company's next-generation Astra vehicles, the automaker said Thursday — a relief for U.K. politicians who had lobbied its American owner to keep the plant open.

LONDON (AP) -- General Motors' Vauxhall plant in northern England will build the company's next-generation Astra vehicles, the automaker said Thursday - a relief for U.K. politicians who had lobbied its American owner to keep the plant open....

LONDON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will build the next generation of its Astra compact in Britain after workers at its factory in Ellesmere Port, northwest England, overwhelmingly agreed to a new labor deal, leaving its plant in Bochum, Germany in danger of closure.

Vauxhall, the British arm of General Motors, on Thursday ruled out job cuts at its main car plant as it announced plans to increase the factory's production.Vauxhall said it was planning an additional shift at its Ellesmere Port site, northwest England. Union bosses however believe that the group's other British plant, in the town of Luton close to London, which makes vans, will soon officially hear that it is to lose about 300 jobs.

General Motors Co will build the next generation of its Astra compact in Britain after workers at its factory in Ellesmere Port, northwest England, overwhelmingly agreed to a new labor deal, leaving its ...

Vauxhall, the British division of troubled US carmaker General Motors, announced on Monday that it planned to cut more than 350 jobs at one of its two British factories."As part of the consultation process commenced ... last week, the GM manufacturing facility in Luton has now begun its own period of consultation between unions and local management," the company said in a statement."One element of the current plan is a proposal to reduce GM Luton's headcount by 354 employees to right-size the business in line with the 2010 forecast production volume."

General Motors said on Thursday it would not close its Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, England, and did not expect job cuts there.