Agreement already reached on the GM Figueruelas (Zaragoza) ERE Opel

The Works Council of the Opel plant in Figueruelas (Zaragoza) and the company management have reached an agreement and signed the ERE that the plant will undergo this year and in 2012. In total there will be 62 days when no work will take place, distributed flexibly over this period.

This year there will be stoppages for 16 days, of which the first two will occur during the Pilar week, together with the last two days of technical stoppage that exhausted the 25 days of flexibility, carried out to adjust production to demand.

Employees will receive 70% of their salary, after General Motors tops up the unemployment percentage for workers, and it will rise to 73% of salary in 2012. In addition, there will be a 12.5% guarantee for the lowest salaries.

Finally, General Motors has announced that one day of this year’s ERE and another from 2012 will be included in the holidays provided the duration of the ERE reaches 40 days or more of those planned.

Source | El Mundo Motor