Italian factories close for Christmas holidays Stellar is long, starting at Mirafuri, where 500 workers will return on January 17, while Maserati They will be back in February. The reopening of the casino, closed since December 9, and Pomigliano has also been postponed until January 17. The executive committee of the Lazio industrial center has announced that the company will activate solidarity agreements from January 7 to 17 to extend plant closures and face a market that is slowly resuming.
When will Steelnets workers return to work?
At the group’s Turin site, upon return from vacation, workers from the RG premium department will return initially, followed by those from the “ex-mask” area, following the rotations foreseen by the solidarity agreements. Will enter gradually. Those working on the 500BEV production line will only resume work. Monday 20 January. For Maserati assembly workers, however, the return is scheduled for February 3.
Oh Melfi Production will resume shortly thereafter. Epiphany After the discussion table in Rome, company management and unions met to review assignments and timetables. From March next year, the first electric DS8 will go into production, followed in June by the new electric Compass. The pre-series Compass in a mild hybrid version will start by the end of 2025. Production of the Compass mild hybrid will begin in the first half of 2026, alongside the DS7, in electric and hybrid versions. In the second half of 2026 it will be the turn of the new Lancia Gamma, which will feature two engines (electric and mild hybrid).
Strong comments from unions
Fayum’s comment was harsh: “2025 promises to be worse than 2024.. The absence of prospects and industrial plans for the Mirafiori and automotive sector in Italy continues. Next year will be another year of suffering for workers, who will continue to suffer from the effects of redundancy payments and solidarity agreements”, commented Eddie Lazzi and Gianni Minori, Fiume General Secretary of Turin and Fiume Manager of Mirafiori, respectively. “Stellantis And the government must move from words to action, starting with Mirafiori, with the introduction of new models for Italian factories. It is also important to provide interventions to increase the wages of male and female workers, as already requested from the Piedmont region. Additionally, services are required to survive the mercilessness of the Mirafuri. Unfortunately, it will be a very bitter Christmas for workers”, concluded Lazzi and Minori.
“The company – we read in a note from the unions – announced that, at the moment, 90% of the companies concerned have received orders for new cars and have ensured that more on logistics and services. There will be no internal processes “to deal with increased production and worker training, for 2025,” the company announced. will change the organization of work and timetables, Moving from the current 15 shifts to 10, with a daily reduction in volume, to ensure continuity of daily production on alternate shifts”.
