Negotiation to try to alleviate the cumbersome employment regulation file (YOU) posted by ford It starts this Thursday for the Almussafes factory. The unions were called in at 10:30 am to meet with the company and with it try to minimize the layoffs that would affect approximately 960 people in manufacturing and 140 in engines; reducing the workforce to 1,144 people, one-fifth of the factory’s total workforce. However, despite the high figure, yesterday both UGT -majority union- and STM-Intersindical drew attention to the difficulties of achieving a reduction in production.
After that, they pointed from the center of Ugetista, found in the face of such a large take-off volume. I don’t see an “opportunity” to minimize layoffs for example, as in other previous files where a larger battery mounting capacity was allocated in parallel with the extraction. “There is none of that anymore,” they emphasize.
no more worries
However, this is not the only concern. As they stated from STM-Intersindikal, one of the biggest negotiation requests will be: ERE does not mean “stronger workloads” for employees, a situation that may arise given the high percentage of abandonment the company intends.
In addition, another related focus is Who will occupy these 1,100 casualties if a reduction is not achieved? As already with the ERE of 2021, it is aimed to fill the maximum possible number of exits through early retirement. However, due to the high number from the UGT, they calculate that at most “50% of the exits” can be achieved with this formula, a figure similar to what STM places “between 500 and 600”. employees.
half of the outputs
If this percentage were the exact rate, half of the starts would still be missing, an issue that seriously “concerns” the unions, those who are afraid that they will not be able to reach the remaining figure with voluntary departures. Not in vain, they pointed out from UGT yesterday, “the company made it clear to us that: The situation is worse than two years ago” With conditions such as the exits announced in Germany in recent months or the closure of the Saarlouis plant, which lost its electrification battle with Almussafes last June.
Faced with this reality, they fear that the multinational company will eventually submit an offer. Conditions worse than 2021 ERE. For example, those who wanted to leave the factory at that time were offered compensation up to the age of 54. Worked 45 days a year, maximum 42 months gross salaryconditions to be seen if reproducible.