The factory address ford in Almussafes (Valencia) has specified that the new Employment Regulation File (ERE) in the factory will affect 1,622 workersof which 626 would be definitive incentive dismissals and 996 would be objective dismissals with preference of rehiring in 2027the year in which the launch of the new multi-energy vehicle that the plant will manufacture is scheduled.
This is how he explained it majority union, UGT, after the meeting held this Wednesday in which the negotiating committee for the ERE proposed by the company was established. The company has delivered to the unions the documentation with the figure of the surplus personnel. This new file in the factory, which It currently has about 4,700 workersexceeds the number of workers affected in the one that was closed in April of last year, which led to the departure of 1,124 employees through early retirement plans from the age of 53 and an incentivized exit program.
UGT has claimed that “Viable transitional solutions must be found” and he has been “sure” that “they will have the support of the administrations, and they must also have the predisposition of Ford management.” The union will not return to the negotiating table until it has held its Members’ Assembly next Saturday the 15th, so the next meeting will take place on Monday the 17th. “From there, we will be in a position to make public “Where would a possible agreement with the UGT go,” the organization stated.
The new ERE, the fourth in Almussafes since Ford began its restructuring in Europe in 2018, progress was made after management announced the launch of a new multi-energy vehicle in mid-2027 and that it will be produced in the Valencian factory. It is a global vehicle whose annual production will reach 300,000 units.
Ford management assured that the intention to negotiate this ERE does not change the company’s objective of manufacturing this model. It is worth remembering that at the moment Almussafes only produces the Ford Kuga, after the cessation of manufacturing of the Transit van on April 17, and from the Valencian plant they are looking for a workload that guarantees its future. All of this It occurs despite the fact that the Almussafes plant, in 2022, was chosen to manufacture Ford electric vehicles in Europeinvestments that the company has postponed.
