Last month, more than 30,000 blue-collar workers accepted deals to give up their jobs.
And so, as Germany faces pressure to cut back on its welfare state, how much pain will workers accept?
What has happened is that workers have accepted pay freezes rather than lose their jobs.
The number will depend on how many workers accept the company's buyout program.
Most workers did not accept Bassi's species because of his poor description.
It was a particular challenge to get workers to accept this culture change after 300 years of people believing they were working safely.
In 1987, the dismissed workers accepted a settlement of £60 million.
Last year, when the company endured a strike to force workers to accept various concessions, it lost $99 million.
Because European workers would never accept such a policy.
The union leader said he was confident that workers would accept the agreement when it goes to members for a vote tomorrow.