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Ford in Europe has announced electrification plans for plants in Cologne (Germany), Kocaeli (Turkey) and Craiova (Romania). However, the plants at Almussafes and Saarlouis must compete against each other in an internal “bidding war” for the commitment to produce an electric model.
We are no longer prepared to accept the systematic sellout of our jobs and the constant deterioration of our wages and working conditions without a fight.
If Ford workers in Saarlouis and Valencia do not ditch the trade unions and organise themselves independently to defend all jobs, thousands of positions will be lost at both plants.
The works councils of the two Ford plants are fighting each other over wage cuts and social cuts. Both are in overdrive to offer management the better conditions of exploitation.
Ford’s corporate management has called on the plants in Saarlouis in Germany and Valencia in Spain to put forward their proposals for cutbacks and savings. The site that performs better in terms of costs is to be awarded the contract to build a new electric car model.