Stellantis finds itself having to make a decision that in some ways appears truly dramatic: the workers are completely taken aback
There couldn’t have been a worse announcement as regards the first Italian car manufacturer. The problems linked to the economic crisis make it almost impossible to do otherwise, but in doing so the most important factory was emptied.
There international economic crisis obviously also affects Italy and the sector of the Automotive is no exception. Being able to maintain the budgeted investments at this time becomes difficult even for a giant like Stellantis, in great difficulty especially within national borders. To get an idea of what is happening, just examine the situation of the historically most important hub for the company that includes the group FIAT.
The factory Mirafiorian industrial complex on the outskirts of Turinwas even inaugurated in 1939, before the Second World War. From there all the most iconic cars in FIAT history and more recently in the parenthesis were born FCA. In the 1957 the first was made 500, in its own way an epochal transition for a model that everyone envied. Other highly successful brands such as Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Maserati they saw the light in those parts but now something seems to have cracked. The very difficult working conditions are described by the workers involved themselves, as reported on the website FanPage.
Stellantis, endless crisis in Mirafiori: workers on redundancy payments are increasing
There Maserati has now reduced its production to just around ten machines, specifies one of the workers Mirafiori and the same fate is befalling the line of 500, almost always stopped in the production phase. This can only lead to a worrying increase in redundancy pay for many employees, who are forced to see it reduced the salary from a standard of 1,500-1,600 euros to just 1,100 per month and with a specific deadline.
A crisis that involves a good portion of fifty thousand workers who are located inside the historic factory, without considering those who work for other companies in the same complex.
As regards future moves, there are no certainties, as explained by Gianni Mannori of Fiom. There is talk of a resumption of production with new models at the earliest 2027, but this goes against the trend with what happens abroad. Just consider that in Spainto be precise a Zaragoza, more cars are produced than in all Italian factories. Stellantis’ choices that cause discussion.
