Autoeuropa: 300 jobs at risk among suppliers – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

The Coordinator of the Industrial Park Workers Commissions Autoeuropa admits that about 300 workers are at risk of losing their jobs due to the fall in production in that plant, which is to last until mid 2017.

“According to the survey carried out by the workers Organisations (TSOs), companies in the Industrial Park are likely to lay off at least 300 workers, “said Daniel Bernardino, Coordinator of workers’ Commissions, Lusa.

” It’s a confirmed estimate from the administrations of companies, “said the representative of the workers, following a meeting of the Coordinator of workers’ Committees held on Monday.

According to Daniel Bernardino, there are companies such as Faurecia which should lay off only 20 workers, when the expectation of the workers themselves pointed to about 40, but there are also cases where the number of redundancies should substantially exceed the estimates of workers’ Commissions, as in Vampro, where the very company have admitted that plans to dispense with about 60 employees.

“it would have been nice to have the management of the companies in the industrial park were available to meet with the Coordinator of the Workers’ Committees, to hear our opinion and better understand our proposals, but were limited to dialogue with the works councils of each of these companies, which is perfectly legitimate, “said the union leader.

Daniel Bernardino recalled that the Coordination Commissions workers already requested urgent meetings with the ministers of Economy and Labour, with the aim of finding solutions, particularly in the area of ​​training, which is required when the Autoeuropa start producing a new model in the second half of 2017.

“we believe that the example of what itself did Autoeuropa is possible to avoid redundancies through a training plan, as it did in 2009 with the Support Program for the Automotive Sector (PASA), a plan that would to be applied at national level, “he said.

the automobile plant Autoeuropa in Palmela, will reduce the employment period from two to just one shift from September, but the company managed to find solutions, including training plans, which avoid redundancies until the start of production of the new model assigned to the Palmela plant.

a different reality of what might happen in the other 13 companies in the industrial park, with about 1,600 workers, which, according to estimates announced by the Coordinator of workers’ Commissions, admit eliminate, at least temporarily, some 300 jobs.