通用汽车与零件供应商德尔福分歧加大/ L# ` C" l$ E8 Z% r* \
GM loses court bid to hold up Delphi contracts hearing $ a& a% b: A5 a; } 汽车业巨头通用汽车(GM)曾向法庭提出,推迟就陷入困境的汽车零部件制造商德尔福(Delphi)申请废除其劳工合同召开的听证会,昨日该项努力宣告失败。 n1 }2 B& V1 L0 n7 _
General Motors yesterday lost its court bid to postpone hearings on Delphi's application to tear up its labour contracts. 0 }6 H% V" q" b3 t5 C 通用汽车与德尔福之间在如何避免罢工、以免业务陷入瘫痪的问题上存在分歧,而上述决定加大了这一分歧。德尔福已要求,大幅度削减其3.4万名蓝领工人的薪金和福利,称这对于挽救其美国业务至关重要。7 v9 F0 r# o( W4 g. _
The decision widens the rift between the auto giant and the struggling parts maker over the best way to avert a crippling strike. Delphi has demanded deep wage and benefits cuts from its 34,000 blue-collar workers, saying they are essential to the survival of its US operations.