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The total could reach 1,282 cuts if employees refuse to change sites, according to the Force Ouvrière union.
The French automotive supplier Valeo – 109,900 employees – has just informed union organizations that eight French sites (Sainte-Florine, Amiens, Reims, Limoges, Laval, L'Isle-d'Abeau, La Verrière, La Suze-sur- Sarthe) will see their workforce reduced. In total, 866 positions will be eliminated in France, including 174 through voluntary departures. The Suze-sur-Sarthe factory, which was named this summer among three French sites that could find a buyer, will close.
Operators who wish can be transferred to Sablé-sur-Sarthe. Employees of the La Verrière R&D center (Yvelines), which will also be closed, will be able to join two other centers, in Cergy or Créteil. The L'Isle-d'Abeau site, cited this summer, will be maintained and converted to a new hybridization technology. Some unionists are wondering about the future of the Mondeville factory, which could be taken over.
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Valeo justifies this plan because « difficulties encountered in the automobile market in Europe » and emphasizes that it aims « to adjust your abilities » to its production volume. At the end of October, its general director, Christophe Périllat, recalled that, among its customers, several automobile manufacturers were postponing or scaling back their projects. This plan will also affect Valeo factories in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, with 188 job cuts.
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