Management and the trade unions that represent workers at the Audi Brussels car plant in the municipality of Vorst have reached an agreement on severance terms and a social plan for the around 3,000 people that work at the factory. The news that an agreement has been reached was announced by the Audi Brussels spokesman on Monday afternoon.
Last year Audi announced that factory will close at the end of next month with the loss of around 3,000 jobs.
Last week talks between management and the unions on a collective social plan ended without agreement. Management then announced that it would approach each employee individually with a proposal on severance terms. The unions said that this proposal was premature.
On Monday Audi Brussels’ spokesman Peter D’hoore announced that an agreement on collective severance terms for all the 3,000 or so workers that are set to lose their jobs.
Closure announced last autumn
At the end of October last year, the management at Audi Brussels announced that production at the factory would cease on 28 February. No company was found that was prepared to take over the plant.
Around 3,000 people that work at the factory will lose their jobs. Talks on severance terms had been ongoing for many weeks.
No agreement had been reached despite mediation attempts by the Federal Work and Labour Department.