Fiat union and worker reps (BETAPHOTO/MILAN OBRADOVIC)
On June 9, a working group will hold its first meeting at the Serbian Cabinet’s headquarters to negotiate severance packages for the Kragujevac workers of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) made redundant by the factory’s transition to electric car production.
The working group was formed following a June 6 sit-down of worker and worker union representatives with Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, and will be negotiating terms with the company Stellantis – the owner of Italy’s Fiat, which, in turn, holds the majority of FCA shares. Thirty-three percent of FCA shares are owned by the Serbian government.
Comprising the representatives of FCA Kragujevac workers, worker unions, the Serbian Cabinet, the ministries of labor and economy and of the Development Agency of Serbia, the working group should complete its task by June 18.
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The goal of the working group is to determine severance packages for those FAC Kragujevac employees who do not wish to be transferred abroad, where they would spend between 18 and 24 months working at another Stellantis plant.
Estimates say that Stellantis’s new production of electric cars at the FAC Kragujevac factory – scheduled to commence in mid-2024 – will require 1,500 of FAC’s current 2,000 workers.
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