ERE Almussafes: Ford announces departure
Another big day for Ford Almussafes. This Tuesday, from 11 a.m., the management of the multinational corporation at the Valencia plant will announce to the trade unions the scope of layoffs and their conditions provided for in the new Employment Rules File (ERE). The process that will be discussed in the plant, consisting today of approximately 4700 employees which will undergo a fourth exit process since 2020.
According to what Carlos Faubel, president of the production committee and head of UGT at the plant, told this newspaper in an interview, this ERE “will a priori be the largest experimental one at the moment” at the plantwhich carries the risk of a large number of layoffs – after last year’s report already signaled farewell to more than 1,100 employees through voluntary early retirement or incentivized furlough – at the plant, which in recent weeks has seen Transit van disappears from production lines. A fact that raised the factory’s overstaffing to, in Voebel’s words, “important” levels.
Vehicles produced at the Ford Almussafes plant in a file image. / Perales Iborra
The future of the plant
In this context, the workforce adjustment proposed by the oval brand on Tuesday will be key for the plant, which will only work with the Kuga, a model of which today just over 700 units are produced per day. in production until mid-2027, when a new hybrid model will appear. awarded in the same May, which promises a volume of work of at least 300,000 units per year. In addition, this movement can also help outline If the Temporary Employment Rules File (Erte) is in force until 20 June, it will continue to be in force after that date.
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