The extension of the temporary employment regulation file (ERTE) at the Ford Almussafes plant would be extensive because, as union sources at the plant explained to this paper, The current situation, marked by a lack of components, remains “very unstable”. Therefore, at the meeting of the negotiating commission earlier this Thursday afternoon, an extension was agreed with the terms so far and only signed by the factory’s majority union, UGT. It will be at the end of July and will affect both vehicle production and engine production.
Specifically, the company as the main innovation, Almussafes Will not produce new vehicles for four days in June (13, 17, 20 and 27) nor for six days in July (on days 1, 4, 7, 8, 22 and 25). In total, ten days.
Added to this are the stops on the engines. Because the assembly plant according to the known calendar at the end of May will continue eight of the shutdown days (June 10, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27 and 28), For arrests on the 29th and 30th of this month, it will change tomorrow and next Monday, June 6, and extend ERTE to July 1, 4, 8, 21, 22, 25, 26 and 29.
However, it will be in mechanized engines that this expansion is experienced the most. The date set for the strike so far, June 4, will be shifted to the 27th of this month. Moreover seven more days of detention added to this June (on days 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26) and eight more days in July (on days 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24).
No change in ERTE context
Faced with this reality, the spokesperson for UGT at Ford said, Joseph Louis Parra’s photo.made sure that the union headquarters’ position with ERTE was “the same” as it has been until now, because the situation has not changed. In this sense, Parra emphasized at the meeting that if the situation improves, the company will “forgo the planned ERTE days” so that workers can work.
After the meeting, STM-Intersindical Ford spokesperson Daniel Portillo said they had asked the company to consider “workforce family reconciliation” for strikes. “Changes are made with little haste”. In this sense, the union representative added: the dates of the stops may “still change”.