After the withdrawal of the German company, the management of the former Volkswagen plant in Kaluga came under the control of the Russian company, forcing the workers to resign en masse.
In the past two months, 1,300 employees, or more than 30% of the total number of employees, have left the factory under pressure. According to The Moscow Times, this is reported about the company's union.
The union spoke in its vkontakte group about the "dirty methods of crowding out people."
"They did away with transporting workers, forcing employees to sit idle in factories, etc. Since July 23, the cost of the shutdown has been significantly reduced," the union said.Currently, the company has about 500 employees idle.
"These people are identified by management as unnecessary. They are also considered necessary to be squeezed out of the enterprise, "the organization writes.The factory said the German equipment in the workshop was "sawn with a grinder" and that the vacated area was used as a warehouse for Chinese-made cars. As a result, jobs, equipment, and technologies inherited from Volkswagen are being destroyed.
"I wonder if the Russian Federation, which ratified the" the agreement on this plant, plans to carry out such a development of the enterprise ?Is this the plan of "pseudo-import substitution"?Are these the methods that our country uses to counter the sanctions imposed by the collective West?The union said in a statement.Due to Western sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine, Volkswagen has ceased operations in Russia. In 2023, the plant was transferred to **ilon dealer holding. The Minister of Industry and ** of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said that the production of cars at the former Volkswagen plant could begin at the end of 2023. The company's management promised that the assembly of several foreign brands of cars would begin immediately. In particular, the possibility of producing cars of the Chinese brand Chery was discussed.