Workers Force Airbus To Back Off German Aerostructures Plant Sale

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Airbus employees in Varel, Germany, blocked the sale, despite union IG Metall endorsing the plan.
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Airbus has been forced by its workers to walk away from an earlier plan to sell its plant in Varel, Germany to Mubea, an automotive supplier aiming to expand into aerospace. Workers at the site voted 74.5% in favor of keeping the factory as part of Airbus, kicking off a restructuring exercise...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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