Stellantis, at Mirafiori solidarity from 1 September for 2,297 workers
Cds until January in Turin where the 500 hybrid will be produced. The unions demand an urgent meeting with the ceo and the resumption of the table at Mimit
3' min read
3' min read
After Termoli and Pomigliano, it is Mirafiori's turn to extend until 2026 the solidarity contracts for the workers of the Bodies, Presses, Mould Construction and former PCMA. It will go on from 1 September to 31 January next, to accompany the production ramp-up of the new Fiat 500 hybrid, which will come on line next autumn. Having filed the Maserati case - GT and GC production has moved to the Modena plant - Mirafiori is focusing on the hybrid version of the 500 to maintain volumes at the Turin industrial site where the 500 bev itself seems to have completed its production cycle.
At Mirafori, from 1 September, solidarity contracts will be triggered until the end of the year at the Carrozzeria on the 500 Bev line and the Maserati line, at the Presses, Mould Construction, and at the Mould Shop in Grugliasco and San Benigno Canavese. A total of 2,297 workers (2,043 blue-collar and 254 white-collar and middle management) are affected. This was announced by the trade unions who, in a unitary communiqué, spoke of new economic sacrifices for the workers and demanded 'the allocation at Mirafiori of a new model to go alongside the 500'.
At Pomigliano, where the Panda and Alfa Romeo Tonale are produced, the extension for one year of the solidarity contracts concerns all 3,750 workers at the factory as from 8 September next, with an average reduction in working hours of up to 75 per cent. Pushing in this direction is the drop in production volumes that has also affected the Campania plant since this year, which closed the first half of the year with a 24% drop in production (resport Fim Cisl), 15% if we consider the Panda alone, which accounts for more than half of Italian production.
The trade unions obtained, in the process of defining the agreement, the signing of a joint minute with the company management to request a meeting with the Campania Region and obtain income support. The objective is to encourage participation in the training courses envisaged under the Cds, an issue that will also be brought to the ministerial table.
The 1,800 employees in Termoli, where petrol engines are produced, have also been given a year's extension of the solidarity contracts, while in Melfi the solidarity contracts are up until June 2026. At the same time, the 500-strong reduction in personnel is being completed, following the incentive redundancy plan. There is the same situation at the Cassino plant where the Cds are up until April next year.
