Autoeuropa will resume normal production this Monday with the replacement of 19 weekly shifts, after the forced shutdown, from September 11 to October 2, due to the lack of parts from a supplier in Slovenia.
The resumption of normal production at the Volkswagen car plant in Palmela, Setúbal district, also marks the end of the ‘layoff regime’, which provides for a reduction in income for employees of up to 33% of their income. salary, but at Autoeuropa it was only 5%, thanks to an agreement between the administration and the Workers’ Committee.
Autoeuropa halted production on September 11 due to a lack of parts at a factory in Slovenia that was hit hard by the floods that hit that country last August.
Initially, the company planned to resume operations on November 12, but the Volkswagen Group in the meantime guaranteed the delivery of the missing part from a Spanish and a Chinese supplier, allowing it to anticipate the resumption of production, albeit partially, in last October 2.
The resumption of normal production announced today also sees the return of approximately 100 temporary workers laid off by Autoeuropa in September, albeit with the guarantee that they would be recalled once the company’s production had normalized.
On October 10, Autoeuropa management announced its intention to increase production to “934 cars per day” from November 6, with an “increase of 32 workers in the four shifts in the assembly area”, to compensate for the drop in production during to partially compensate the factory. to block.
Employee representatives and the Union of Workers of the Manufacturing Industry, Energy and Environmental Activities of the South (SITE SUL) promise to be alert to a possible increase in workload on the assembly lines at the Palmela car plant.
Source: DN
