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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。4 v3 d: z9 m! V8 _0 }
General Motors yesterday lost its court bid to postpone hearings on Delphi's application to tear up its labour contracts. 0 _% O+ a3 z }( A7 e 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。 @5 j( l0 b& k8 r L8 C' r* f 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.