The troubled carmaker Opel due to weak demand in its Eisenacher plant plans for October on a larger scale short-time working , The Mainz publishing group VRM says workers in both shifts will only need eight out of 21 days of work during the month. Accordingly, short-time work prevails on 13 working days. For this time, employees receive short-time allowance from the Federal agency for work (BA), who has to agree to this before.
The company headquarters in Rüsselsheim did not confirm the information specifically. Of course, one adjusts the production planning regularly, but would not comment on details of internal planning, a spokesman said.
Immediately after the factory holidays in the summer, there was short-time working in Eisenach. In addition, according to VRM information, production speed was reduced for the same workforce. Instead of 37, only 30 Opel cars run off the line every hour. Similar measures were also taken in the Rüsselsheim plants and in Gliwice, Poland.
The Eisenach assembly plant, with its 1,800 employees, is facing a change. It is to be converted under the direction of the new Opel owner PSA of the production of the small car models Corsa and Adam on the SUV Grand Land. The Corsa will in future be built only in the Spanish Zaragoza, while the Adam According to media reports could leak in May.
PSA had taken over Opel last year from General Motors. The Group has agreed not to close any plants in Germany and to waive redundancies. end of May The works council and management of Opel finally agreed on a reorganization , where 3700 jobs are to be deleted. However, until the summer of 2023 a dismissal protection.