Volkswagen is the deal with suppliers, resumes production – Il Sole 24 Ore

he has resolved the standoff between Volkswagen and two major suppliers that had led to a freeze on production in the VW plant. As announced by a spokesman for the German automaker, during the negotiations was an agreement with Car Trim and Es Automobilguss (Prevent) group will resume as soon as the supplies to production plants Vw. Vw The sites concerned are prepared “to resume progressively production ‘. The cartel’s contents are covered by a confidentiality agreement.

Vw, stop production in six plants

Yesterday stop production at 6 plants and cig for 27,700 employees
the ongoing litigation with suppliers Car Trim and Es Automobilguss the Prevent group, producers respectively seat covers and parts for transmission, had forced VW to stop yesterday in six German production sites and introduce flexible working measures, up to a possible cig, to 27,700 employees in the country. The negotiations, clarifies the German press, would last 19 hours and the causes that led to the dispute and the resulting impasse in production sites (have stopped even the lines of the plant in Wolfsburg Golf historical) I am still unclear. Suppliers have motivated the stop a few days ago to the deliveries with the request not accepted by Vw of a compensation for a number of disdettate committed by the German company without valid reason and without notice.

The governor of Lower Saxony critical suppliers
Stephan Weil (SPD), the governor of Lower Saxony, where VW is headquartered, has criticized the attitude and choices of the Prevent group suppliers: “I find it difficult – said Weil in a statement – to justify the attitude of the Prevent group who preferred to ignore the legal solution as required by our rule of law”, preferring instead to “open a huge case with significant damage ». VW had obtained an order from a court that urgently required the Prevent Group to resume supplies but the latter has not complied with the requests and VW would have to wait, according to legal time, until the end of this week, at the earliest , asking for a seizure of the components in question to the court. Weil has said, however, also raised for the solution reached “it is positive – he added – that you have found an agreement and the settlement of a dispute that would have resulted in economic losses and problems for all.” Now, employees Vw ‘can soon get back to work, “victims” of a fight that no need was made to bear them. ” This type of things, still says Weil, “should not become an example to follow.”

According to unconfirmed sources quoted by the German press, Vw and Prevent Group they would have even found an agreement for a long-cooperation term. Germany had already heard critical voices on the issue since, as explained by the popular daily ‘Bild’, the cover of the reduction of working in Vw, necessary to avoid layoffs, would cost about 10 million to contributions through the intervention Federal Labour Agency.

(Il Sole 24 Ore Thomson Plus)

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