Stellantis announced that will extend Mirafiori’s dismissal period in which the departments involved are directly involved production of electric vehicles 500 and Maserati. 2,240 workers will be employed on a rotational basis. As we know, the reserve fund of this Italian plant was announced some time ago and was supposed to last for the whole of March. Apparently, Stellantis decided to extend this period. until April 20.
The company would make such a decision due to the still slow market trend in the absence of new incentives for the purchase of electric and electrified vehicles, announced in early February, but which have not yet actually taken effect to date.
We’ve talked a lot about the new benefits and have seen that they were originally expected to take effect by mid-March. Now we are talking about April. It is obvious that, given the benefit structure for electric vehicles with contributions up to 13,750 euros with scrappage and ISEE up to 30 thousand euros, those interested in a new BEV are postponing the purchase.
Obviously, Stellantis’ decision on Mirafiori had the unions were very concerned who have long feared for the future of this plant. How he emphasizes Luigi PaoneGeneral Secretary Wilma Turina, it is clear that the new model must be produced inside the plant.
It is becoming increasingly clear that Mirafiori needs a new model, difficult months await us, we ask the institutions to accelerate the path that gives prospects and a future to the entire automotive sector of Turin.
However, during this period of layoffs, the company has established “mandatory” work shifts that will ensure a minimum level of production to meet current demands. The entire automotive sector in Turin is going through a period of great difficulty, they add. Edie Lazzi Secretary General of Fiom CGIL Turin e Pino Logioco responsible for Proma for Fiom.
The consequences of the lack of appointment of new Mirafiori models, compounded by the cessation of Maserati production, inevitably have a detrimental effect on the components. This time the ax falls on the head of the historic Grugliasco della Proma factory. At least there will be no tension on the labor market, since all workers will be transferred to the Bruino site. The fact remains: another industrial facility is closed forever. This makes it necessary to support the requests of the metalworkers’ unions to have a project for Mirafiori with new production, prospects for related industries that are increasingly suffering, and for the city of Turin as a whole, which is losing wealth due to the abandonment of the country’s largest industrial sector.
Source: HD Motori
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