FRANKFURT, Germany - The German autoworkers union said it will give the UAW one of its three seats on the board of the proposed DaimlerChrysler AG, the first time a US. union would be represented on a German company's board.
"We plan to give up one of our seats to allow our U.S. colleagues a voice in the new company," said Klaus Eilrich, a spokesman for IG Metall, Germany's largest union, which represents about 100,000 of Daimler-Benz AG'S 310,000 workers.
IG Metall, a metalworkers trade union, is the German equivalent of the UAW Chrysler Corp. and Daimler-Benz AG plan to merge this fall.
Representatives from IC Metall will meet with UAW President Stephen …
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