From the second quarter of 2024 and until the end of 2025, the factory will operate in two and a half shifts to meet the planned production volume, reducing the need for personnel.
The management of Volkswagen Navarra has informed the works council that from the second quarter of 2024 and until the end of 2025 The factory will operate two and a half shifts to meet the planned production volume, that will reduce staffing needs by 400 people.
This was announced by production director Miguel Ángel Grijalba Blanco at the negotiating table for the 10th collective labor agreement, in which management proposed the creation of a collective labor agreement covering the transition period to the electric car between the years 2024 and 2026. .
As they explain, based on the fact that the production programs are preliminary, because they change depending on the evolution of the products on the market, the company’s Director of Planning Engineering, David García Castaño, has stated that the forecast of production by 2024 is approximately 255,000 cars.
The production forecasts for the next two years have been reduced and therefore amount to 215,000 vehicles for 2025 and in 2026, the year of the launch of the two electric models – a Skoda and a Volkswagen ID2X – this is estimated at 200,000 units, including combustion and electric models.
Launch curves completed, over the years 2027 and 2028 Annual production volumes of 350,000 cars are planned will allow us to recover and even exceed current employment figures.
David García has finally announced that the level of planned investments will be maintained and that “in fact, the planned investments for 2025 have been brought forward.”
Regarding organizational measures and redundant staff, UGT points out that it has already been working on preparing proposals “in anticipation of this moment that we knew would come”.
“Our goal is to establish the instruments that guarantee the guarantees we need to get through these years in the best way for the workforce: guarantees for our industrial plan and our investments, guarantees of employability, guarantees of an exit plan and guarantees for our purchasing power. ‘ he emphasizes.
Source: EITB
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