Fiat Tychy Starts Downsizing

The Fiat factory in Tychy will not prolong contracts for 60 workers. They want to get rid of at least 350 workers employed on fixed-term contracts by the end of the year. Fiat currently employs about 1000 such people out of a workforce of 6500.

There were also be some stops in production. From September-December, the production lines will be shut down at least 13 days. There will also be a 14-day stoppage in August.

Both the management of the factory and the government promised that there would be no job loss at Fiat if production of the Panda was moved to Italy.