"I'm happy when three people who are not very well give you a hand to one another. But you can certainly expect the world record by three lame runners that are preparing to do a marathon. " Have a kind of contemptuous words of Ferdinand Piech. During the presentation, in Sardinia, the new Polo, the chairman of Volkswagen's supervisory board was asked for an opinion on the plans Sergio Marchionne. Requests which the German managers responded with a shrug and a few words that certainly did not need interpretation, "Three sick in bed do not make a healthy person." The German firm does not fear competition from Fiat. Or at least this is its communication strategy.
New layoffs for Mirafiori
And if the competition come the first signs of challenge on the domestic front, the Fiat announces a tough bargaining. The group announced a new round of layoffs in the factory Fiat Mirafiori. The measure will cover a total of 150 workers, between workers and employees of the department building molds in the period between 8 and 28 June. In the first week of June in the same department will stop 250 workers. Saturday represented by blue-collar Fim, Fiom, Uilm Fismic and take to the streets in Turin. The unions have expressed concern about the strategies of 'holding and the work of the Government, which demand a common table with the company.
Montezemolo: "The Fiat will italocentrica"
The fear of the unions and the Italian operations will pay the expansion strategy of the Lingotto. Last week the German press published the news (which is not contradicted by Turin) the Lingotto will close two plants in Italy. After the Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola has sent a letter to the top of the Lingotto asking him to maintain employment in Italy, the President of Fiat, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo being interviewed on Ballarò (airing tonight on Raitre) wanted to reassure Government and trade unions. "The Fiat - he said - in the 'Italy of its central here will continue to have. That said, we still talk about what will happen after agreements that do not even know if they are concluded. What is there to say - Montezemolo stressed - is that you sit in a constructive way with the government, trade unions, to address the structural issues that come not by agreements but by a sharp drop in demand of 'automobile, keeping faith the commitments we have with our employees. "

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