MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis and the Italian unions have agreed on a plan for 714 voluntary departures from the manufacturer’s transalpine sites, the UILM central said on Thursday.
This agreement is similar to the one reached in France earlier this week and which will lead to the elimination of 2,600 jobs over two years.
A year after the creation of the Franco-Italian-American giant, any social discussion in a geographical part of the company is watched closely in the other countries of the group, while the general manager Carlos Tavares has become a master in the art of to improve margins and reduce costs, first at PSA and then at Opel-Vauxhall.
Carlos Tavares repeated in mid-February that he wanted to avoid factory closures and layoffs in Europe if possible, while warning of the need to further gain in competitiveness to offset the additional costs of electrification.
Stellantis, fruit of the alliance between PSA and FCA, employs 55,000 people in Italy.
(Giulio Piovaccari; French version Nicolas Delame, said by Tangi Salan)