With Renault's announcement to suspend 1.000 jobs in Argentina, there are now more than 10.000 jobs threatened by the crisis in the sector. Volkswagen, Fiat, Iveco, Peugeot and Mercedes-Benz recently sent part of their workers to partial unemployment, reduced working time or imposed early breaks. Unions' priority is to avoid a wave of mass layoffs. (Ref. 080889)
After dismissing 350 people in mid-October,
the French car manufacturer
Renault announced it was freezing 1.000 jobs in its Argentinean
factory of Cordoba. In total, the site employs 1.400 people. In the meantime, Volkswagen sent 230 people to partial unemployment,
and the truck manufacturer
Iveco did the same with 350 people, i.e. a full assembly
line. Starting in December, Fiat will force 1.100 people to take an early
break. Peugeot chose to reduce working time; this measure concerns all its
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