Ruesselsheim

(AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Opel workers wear hats reading “freedom for the slaves of GM” in front of the Opel headquarters in Ruesselsheim, central Germany, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Opel employees walked off their jobs to attend a mass rally at the automaker’s headquarters Thursday, protesting General Motors Co.’s decision to abandon the unit’s sale to new owners the workers hoped would preserve jobs.