Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz factories announce suspension of workers

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The suspension at the Volkswagen plant will affect 800 workers

Sao Paulo-SP) – Volkswagen announced that it will place workers at its factory in Taubaté, in the interior of São Paulo, on layoff (suspension). According to the Metalworkers Union of Taubaté and Region (Sindmetau), the measure will reach 800 workers.

Layoff means that these workers will have their contracts temporarily suspended. According to Volkswagen, the layoff will take place in a production shift and will start on August 1, and is expected to last two months.

“The flexibility tool is foreseen in a collective agreement signed between the union and Volkswagen employees”,

says note that was sent by the company.

The union says that the layoff can last up to five months and that the automaker informed that the suspension of contracts will be made to adjust the production volume to the market.

“Unfortunately, the interest rate, the Selic, remains at 13.75% and makes the sale of new cars unfeasible, since two thirds of these sales are made through financing. As a result, automakers have been facing an accumulation of vehicles in stock on the patios”,

said Claudio Batista, known as Claudião, president of the union, in a note.

According to the union, the Taubaté factory has around 3,100 workers, who produce the Polo Track, the automaker’s new entry-level car.

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz reported that it is extending the layoff for workers at the plant in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), “due to the current level of demand for commercial vehicles in the Brazilian market”. According to the automaker, the layoff is for the production of trucks and aggregates and was extended until August 31.

“It is important to clarify that we do not have production completely stopped. We are operating with one shift and adjusting the volumes”,

informed the automaker.

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