Audi Brussels: 300 employees decide not to return to work

Local management specifies that closure is not on the agenda and that other methods such as finding investors or alternative production are still being explored. In any case, he wanted to gradually restart production, from Wednesday, first within the body work department (sheet metal work).

Audi spokesman Peter D’hoore believes there is still ways to investigate. “At the moment, there is no car from the Volkswagen group (to which Audi belongs) that will arrive here on the site, but there are still other situations. We are talking to potential investors, which means maybe building cars. And besides, we still have other options, other projects like building parts for our factory.”.

In any case, Audi management wanted to restart production gradually, from Wednesday, first within the body work department (sheet metal) as well as employees. But Franky De Schrijver of the ABVV/FGTB union expects that the other teams on the site will not start with their performances. Tomorrow Thursday, the beginning of the school year concerns the workers in the painting department. Finally, on Friday, all the workers, more or less 3,000 people, should enter the boulevard of the Second British Army in Wood.

So there is a risk that the factory will be closed in the coming days. “There are currently no expectations”insulting the trade union.