Ford offers ERE to 1,622 employees at its Almussafes plant

Factory address Ford V Almussafes (Valencia) clarified that the new employment rules file (ERE) at the plant will affect 1622 workersof which 626 will be final incentive terminations and 996 will be objective preference terminations rehiring in 2027the year in which the launch of a new multi-energy vehicle that the plant will produce is scheduled.

This is how he explained it union of the majority, UGT, following a meeting this Wednesday that established a negotiating committee for the company’s proposed ERE. The company handed over documentation to the unions containing the staff reduction figures. This new file is in the factory, which It currently employs approximately 4,700 employees.exceeds the number of affected workers in the one that closed in April last year, resulting in the layoff of 1,124 employees under the 53-year-old early retirement plans and exit incentive program.

UGT stated that “Viable transition solutions must be foundAnd he was “confident” that “they would have the support of the administration, and they should also have the predisposition of Ford management.” The union will not return to the bargaining table until it holds a membership meeting next Saturday the 15th, so the next meeting will be on Monday the 17th. we will be able to make it public “Where a possible agreement with the BGT will go,” the organization said.

New ERE, the fourth at Almussafes since Ford began restructuring in Europe in 2018.The progress comes after management announced it would launch a new multi-energy vehicle in mid-2027 and that it would be produced at the Valencia plant. It is a global car whose annual production will reach 300,000 units.

Ford management has assured that the intention to negotiate this ERE does not change the company’s goals for producing this model. It is worth remembering that Almussafes currently only produces the Ford Kuga, following the cessation of production of the Transit van on April 17, and the Valencian plant is looking for capacity to guarantee its future. All this This comes despite the Almussafes plant being selected to produce Ford electric vehicles in Europe in 2022.investments that the company has deferred.