The management and the works council held a meeting this Monday to examine the situation of the largest production plant in the Basque Country, which this year had to stop production for 33 days due to flexibility measures to avoid the possibility of an ERTE.
The Mercedes-Benz plant in Vitoria, where almost 5000 peopleproduction will stop “a few days” in Novemberwhich contributes to the two days break al announced on October 11 and 18due to declining demand for vans.
The management and the works council met this Monday to examine the situation of the factory, the largest production plant in the Basque Country, which had to stop production for 33 days this year under flexibility measures to avoid the possibility of an ERTE.
After the meeting, the management and the works council issued a joint statement to the entire workforce announcing that the new production stop for November will also be implemented at the expense of the flexibility fund, so that no measures will be taken. extra consideration.
It is planned for Christmas End of production 2024 on December 19after the morning service, and begins production in 2025 on January 13.
However, this information is a prediction and will be confirmed later, provided that no unforeseen circumstances arise that require changes.
Open debate about 2025
In the statement, management and the committee explained that in an “extremely complicated environment for the automotive world, with a weakening of markets and an increase in trade barriers”, the Vitoria-Gasteiz plant “faces the future from a solid position that offers us the opportunity to VAN.EA project -the electric van-in our hands”.
“Fortunately, we are one of the factories of the Mercedes-Benz Group that has the opportunity to take advantage of this moment to qualify and secure our project and our future, through measures that do not affect employment,” they emphasized.
Today’s meeting also started discussions on the situation for next year 2025, “the most decisive year” for the future of the plant, since the investments carried out by the Mercedes-Benz Group – over a billion euros – for the start-up of the facilities from which the new model, based on the VAN-EA platform, will be launched on the global market.
The purpose of the contacts that have been initiated is to find ‘consensus’ to jointly tackle the problems variations in the production schedule next year 2025, while ensuring the start-up of the facilities and the launch of the vehicle with measures that do not affect employment.
To do this, the management and committee will discuss various aspects such as alternatives to working modelsor the switch to two shifts -now there are three-, the situation of the hourly bills in January, the possibility of breaks with negative pockets, employment and the needs of the electric van or technical stops.
Source: EITB
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