"We will merge us and so"

Ford leaves from Russia in Russian

Since the beginning of April, the workers of the Vsevolozhsk Automobile Plant Ford (the Leningrad region) have declared an Italian strike and have already gone to rallies twice, but they could not convince the employer to accept their requirements for personnel reduction. Protests did not help people achieve payment to each employee with the upcoming dismissal of 24 months of salaries. As a result, to date, more than 85% of Ford plant workers have been forced to agree with the conditions of the enterprise management. The rejecting them will be reduced by Russian laws.

"New" talked about the fact that from July 1, the American concern Ford will completely stop releasing cars in Russia. Until the end of June, two automobile plants will consistently close - in Vsevolozhsk and in Naberezhnye Chelny, as well as a plant for the production of engines in Elabuga and, accordingly, will reduce staff.

On March 27, the Directorate of the Vsevolozhsk Ford invited all employees to use the voluntary dismissal program before April 22.

The workers agreed to leave of their own free will, but only after receiving compensation in the amount of two annual salaries.

The enterprise managers did not arrange the size of payments. On April 4, they announced their order of calculations with the labor collective. All payments were differentiated, tied to the experience. The minimum compensation - in the amount of 5.5 months of salary - was determined for people working at the factory for less than five years. Those who gave the company 5-6 years promised 6.5 months of salary, who 7 years old - 7 salaries, etc. The maximum amounts - 12 monthly salaries - provided for employees with work experience at the enterprise for more than 15 years. Thus, with an average salary at the Vsevolozhsk plant today, about 55 thousand rubles. “Beginners” can count on 302.5 thousand rubles, and “veterans” - for 660 thousand rubles. weekend manual.

Only a few immediately accepted the proposal of management. Most workers confused the conditions for the payment of compensation and outraged the discrimination in the approaches (attitude) to workers of different countries.

“The employer conducts a program of voluntary dismissal forcibly,” says Artem Yashchenkov, an employee of the Vsevolozhsk Ford, activist of the trade union movement. - The dismissal agreement is divided into two parts. In the first part, it is prescribed that the employer is guaranteed to pay three average monthly salary, and if the employee has worked in the company for more than 15 years and claims to be 12 salaries, then in the second part of the document the conditions for obtaining compensation are over three salaries. One of them is the implementation of the production plan. But he is not documented anywhere. There is no person who is responsible for this plan. The second condition is the requirement until the end of June to the employee and his children do not get sick, do not have any force majeure, etc. If all 100% of the working time is not a person to attend the factory, then he will not receive 12 salaries. The third condition - for the remaining months, the employee should not receive a single penalty. All these reservations unleashed the hands of the administration and allow you to create arbitrariness. You cannot be sure that all workers will receive the promised.

“We work in a transnational company,” explains Mikhail Sergeyev, chairman of the primary trade union organization of the Vsevolozhsk Ford. - For many years now we have been repeated that all procedures here are the same for everyone, all employees in any country are equalized in rights, etc. The compensation program is the internal program of the company. Ford itself offers this to its employees and allocates funds for this.

In Germany, Romania, Belgium, as part of the same ford restructuring, reducing workers, paid them two annual salaries. Why do we have different?

- ( continues ) the program in 5.5-12 monthly salaries was born purely in the heads of management, which steers in Russia.

Two times - April 12 and 19 - dissatisfied employees of the car factory held protests. More than 200 people entered the first promotion in the center of Vsevolozhsk, about 60 to the second. The company's management did not respond to the actions of subordinates. Officials of the Leningrad Region responded with promises to employ the natives of Ford, including people of pre -retirement age and disabled people, providing them with a salary of at least 40 thousand rubles.

-Ford top management does not go to negotiations with the trade union. They are well aware that the levers of the pressure of the workers on the company, which will soon cease to exist. The leadership of the European Ford turned away from us, does not want to come and resolve the situation. If now we will not reach the bosses, then they will merge us, ”summarizes Mikhail Sergeyev.

On April 23, the workers of the Vsevolozhsk plant intend to decide the future fate of the protest announced by them: to turn it off or continue and how? On the eve of April 22, those who wish will still be able to take advantage of the last chance and resign on the conditions previously proposed by the employer. On April 19, about 800 employees of the plant (85%) have already done so.

“140 people have not yet signed an agreement on voluntary dismissal,” said Alexei Brisun, chairman of the regional committee on labor and employment, said in an interview with “New”. - Those who do not agree to this option will be reduced according to the conditions that Russian legislation provides.

According to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, during the liquidation of the enterprise, the ex-employee can count on one average monthly salary, plus the average monthly earnings for the employment period, but not more than two months from the date of dismissal, remains behind it. Thus, the Labor Code of the Russian Federation involves maximum payments in the amount of three salaries. When the Fordovites who disagree with the leadership policies declared protest, they were sure that they would not be given less offered by him.