Michelin in Vitoria will stop producing 2,000 tons of wheels until the end of the year due to a “decrease in orders”

The plant Michelin in Vitoria-Gasteiz will halt production until the end of the year 2000 tons of wheels of civil engineering “due to the decline in orders.” The company’s management informed the works council on Tuesday about the changes in the labor organization, as wheels will no longer be produced during all weekends from today until the Constitution weekend in December.

This cut will affect some 1350 employees of the almost 3,500 employees at the Alava factory. The explanation given to employees for this new situation is the decline in orders for this type of wheels, which occurred all year round and worsened after the summer.

The measure only affects civil engineering wheels, such as wheels for mining, but not passenger cars for which production continues.

Anyway, union resources They have also attributed that the decision fell on the Vitoria plant because, although there is overproduction in most Michelin factories, the company’s management “makes a distribution” to take on the reduction and has been able “ the loss of confidence of the factories”. the group” regarding the Alava factory due to the conflicts arising from the negotiations of the agreement.

The ELA trade union department believes that these deactivations of working days for the months of October, November and December were done with the aim of “striking and intimidating the staff”, as it is customary for the company management to communicate them monthly. Headquarters believes that this is because workers at the multinational’s Vitoria plant will vote between Friday and Monday of next week on the departure of the intercentral committee, a decision linked to the vote on the agreement reached in Vitoria was rejected. unlike the rest of the factories in the Spanish state.