Carlos Tavares, CEO of PSA, went to the factory in Valenciennes (North) on Tuesday, August 28th. according to information from France Bleu Nordit was not a courtesy call. The leader reportedly asked for an increase in daily production from 1,800 gearboxes to 3,000 starting November 1st.
Since June, the Valenciennes site has encountered difficulties in responding to orders from car assembly sites in France or elsewhere in Europe. The plant at Sochaux (Doubs) is directly affected by these delays. Tuesday, August 28 morning, the site had to stop its production of Peugeot 308 because of the lack of supply in 6-speed boxes. According to the company’s unions, production should also be stopped on Wednesday, August 29 in the morning.
The increase in production in Valenciennes is likely to be a division between management and unions. The CGT delegate from the Trith-Saint-Léger plant (North) calls Carlos Tavares at the microphone of France Bleu Nord: “It is necessary that he goes down a little of his office, and that he understands that one will not be able guarantee this production. It’s impossible. “The unions in Sochaux also fear a loss of pay due to cancellations since the staff has exceeded its annual quota of hourly modulations.