The management of Seat has raised the unions A plan of early retirement to manage surplus jobs which will involve the massive manufacture of the electric vehicle that would be applied voluntarily from the age of 61, which would affect some 1,130 workers.
The car company has presented this proposal to the works council during the course of the negotiation of new collective agreement, as reported by both the unions and the management.
Specific, direct workers from 61 years of age and indirect workers from 62 years of age could benefit from the plan, and it will suppose a suspension of the contract until the age of 65, when retirement would begin.
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Seat has indicated that this retirement program, which is part of the 2022-2026 period, “It will help minimize excess staff and adjust the workforce to the company’s transformation process”, while ensuring “a sustainable business model”. The ultimate goal, as he has pointed out, ands “prepare ourselves for electromobility and have a more agile and flexible structure to meet our future challenges”.
CCOO and UGT have welcomed the proposal considering that it allows guaranteeing access to a “dignified” retirement, although they have indicated that the specific conditions will have to be negotiated. During the meeting of the agreement, Seat has also committed to the workers to pay the delays for the delayed inflation of 2021 in a single payment.