Stellantis: the suspension of production of the 500 Bev in Mirafiori extended until November

Tuesday 01st October 2024 07:45 AM

Stellantis announced to the unions that the production of the 500 Bev in the Mirafiori bodies would extend the suspension of activities until November 1. The lack of orders persists linked to the performance of the electric market in Europe which is deeply in difficulty, despite the fact that during the first 500 months of the year, the 8th represented 40 percent of sales in the city car EV segment (Segment A) in Europe. The automobile company has guaranteed the investment in the Turin plant and in general the certainty that Italy represents one of the global pillars of the Group. But a wave of concern is rising among the unions. “Working days are becoming shorter and shorter while the use of severance pay continues to increase. The company has not clarified today whether or not current forecasts will allow production for the entire month of November, in this condition uncertainty reigns supreme – said Rocco Cutrì, general secretary of Fim-Cisl of Turin -. The level of precariousness that we are reaching is unacceptable, the automobile system risks collapsing. More than ever, it is necessary for Stellantis leaders to mobilize to remove the current hesitations and move towards a programmatic agreement at the institutional level. On October 18 we will be in Rome to raise awareness in the country of this emergency which risks destroying one of the main industrial supply chains.”

Luigi Paone, from Uilm, stressed that “the situation in Turin is increasingly worrying, funds are increasing and workers’ salaries are decreasing, endangering social stability.” This additional stoppage of production makes government intervention even more necessary and urgent to provide guarantees and stability to Italian factories. As trade union organizations, after the alarm launched on April 12 and June 12 in Turin, we will return to demonstrate at the national level on October 18 to remind Stellantis and the government of their social responsibility and bring back to Italy the production of accessible models. everyone to revive the sector,” he concluded.