uly 26, it announced an agreement on the adjustment of working conditions, the prorogation of employment and development. These were two prerequisites for the management to maintain the Sevelnord site open. The site, where 2,800 people make the Peugeot 807 and Citroën C8 minivans as well as the Peugeot Expert, Citroën Jumpy and Fiat Scudo commercial vehicles, has been on the hot seat since 2011, when the Italian group, Fiat, announced that it was leaving. PSA has a partnership with Fiat.
No economic layoffs throughout the duration of the agreement. Three out of four unions signed the text (CFE-CGC, FO and SPI-GSEA). It is about more flexible management of working time, possible appeal to work on Saturday or “within the framework of a sixth session following a 5-day weekly cycle.”