Spain: an agreement to safeguard work at the Nissan Avila site

Nissan’s truck assembly site at Avila that was under imminent threat of closure is to transform into an Renault-Nissan alliance equipment and parts production unit and will also be absorbed into the French business unit located in Spain. Workers will receive compensation to make up for lower salaries linked to their new relevant collective agreement.
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An agreement struck in extremis at Nissan Avila. Negotiations were extremely difficult and went beyond the cut-off date of 14 June as set by the automaker that was ready to announce the total closure of the site if no solution with the workers’ representatives was forthcoming by that date. Management and the WC at Nissan Avila eventually sealed an agreement in principle that was unanimously approved late into the night of 14/15 June that will enable the site to remain active. Formerly a truck a

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