GM backs off and decides to keep production of the Classic until December

SÃO PAULO-After meeting with the Steelworkers Union of São José dos Campos (SP), General Motors (GM) backtracked and decided to keep in effect until the end of the year, albeit at a lower pace, the line that produces the Classic sedan in the Paraíba Valley.
Disclosure
A week ago, the automaker had informed that would anticipate the industry shutdown, breaking a labor agreement closed in January which provided for the maintenance of the line until December.
The AMM, as it is known the sector that produces the Classic, will remain, however, turned off until September 8, when it ends the paid leave of workers on the line, as well as a program of voluntary layoffs (PDV) special to them. The line's standing since July 22, first by layoffs and then by rem unerada license of workers. Will work on 9 September.
Those who do not join the program can be leveraged in the AMM by the end of the year. Others will stay away. With the closure of the line, everyone will be fired. About 850 workers working at MVA or in related sectors. A program of voluntary layoffs that was already being held in the company already had membership of 178 workers.
In a statement, the Steelworkers Union said that GM's decision to keep the line in operation is the result of workers ' mobilizations. On Wednesday, they made a March and occupied the lobby of the City Hall to demand the maintenance of production of the Classic.