Adolfo Urso Summons Stellar to discuss StrikesAs a result of using Redundant Fundand to treat Restarting of production sites in Italy. Thus announced the Minister of Business and Made in Italy at the inauguration of Casa del Made in Italy in Milan.
Mimit-Stellantis table
“It is my intention – declared Minister Urso – today to convene the specific table that we have established with Stellantes, so that we can get to the heart of the requests that the Italian system has unanimously made to this multinational company. I am referring to the parliamentary motions that the Montecitorio Chamber approved with our consent, as well as the strike that the unions called together last Friday.”
And again: “There is a unanimous request from everyone for Stellantis to invest in our country to make cars Made in Italy proud and we know it can be done. Answer from them should come, because a multinational company can and must contribute to the development and maintenance of the automotive supply chain in our country.
The strike
In protest against this, a strike was called by the Steelties workers on October 18. Decrease in productionthe use of Redundancy Fund And grip Investment.
On the day of the strike, Stellantis notified the unions of the appeal. Redundancy Fund common From 14 to 27 October In the factory Atisa e From 14 to 20 October In the factory Termoli. In both cases, the slowdown in the market justified the use of excess payments.
Tavares-government tug-of-war
The Italian parliament and government have dealt with the Stellantes case several times. The friction began in February, when CEO Carlos Tavares called the ecobonus on electric cars completely inadequate. “If subsidies are not given for the purchase of electric vehicles, plants in Italy will be at risk,” declared Tavares.
Already at this point Adolfo Urso proved open to debate, but invited the leaders of the Stellantis to play with their cards: “If they want. Active participation We can always discuss it, if they think it is necessary, they can ask us and we can argue.”
The conflict escalated thereafter, until it reached its peak in recent times: duringHearing in Parliament On October 11, Tavares returned to Italy to request concessions to support the Stellantis factories. Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini responded strongly: “They are no longer in a position to ask for anything for how they have mismanaged and mismanaged a historic Italian company.” And management should apologize to workers, engineers, technicians, Italians and the history of Italian cars.”
Shadow of Dismissal
Tavares responded with an interview that opens up the hypothesis Close factories in Italy.moving forward. the fire: “We shouldn’t rule anything out… If we earn less, we have to adjust our investment levels accordingly and see if we can grow as fast as our Chinese competitors. ” Stellantis, as mentioned, has also declared Additional layoff hours.
Condemning Tavares, the “evil” is that original Chinese cars (and especially electric vehicles) are priced so low that they drive Western competitors out of the market.