According to the unions, Škoda Auto demanded that a holiday be planned for days without production, but the unions refused.
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“For these days, we have negotiated an obstacle on the part of the employer with compensation of 80 percent of the average wage, which represents daily earnings,” said Jaroslav Povšík, Chairman of the Works Council.
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“It is true that those who do not have a meaningful job these days have an obstacle on the part of the employer, the company accepted it,” he added.
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In 2022, the assembly will start in the morning shift on Monday, January 10, but some operations that have to provide bodywork for production, such as welding shops or paint shops, will start in the night shift from Sunday to Monday, January 10, some press shops will start operating earlier. . In the operation of components, people will return to work in the first week of next year.
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The competition starts sooner
At the Hyundai car plant in Nošovice in the Frýdek-Místek region, there will be a traditional Christmas holiday as just one week, as every year. “The last production shift before the holidays will be on the afternoon of Thursday, December 23rd. After the New Year, we plan to start production on the first working day, ie on Monday, January 3, ”said plant spokesman Petr Michník.
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No longer holidays are planned at the Toyota carmaker Toyota, the shutdown will begin on December 23 and last until January 2, ie similarly to every year, spokesman Tomáš Paroubek told ČTK.
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Last year, Škoda Auto delivered over a million cars worldwide. It operates three production plants in the Czech Republic. During this year, it had to significantly reduce or stop production several times due to a lack of chips. The company expects to produce about 250,000 fewer cars by the end of this year due to a shortage of parts. In the period from January to September, the carmaker Škoda Auto almost doubled its operating profit to 900 million euros (approximately 23 billion CZK) from 469 million euros a year ago.
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