Audi Brussels workers in Forest went back on strike on Tuesday morning, according to union representative Jan Baetens (CSC/ACV-Metea), following the announcement the company will indefinitely postpone the production of its Q4 electric vehicle models.
The assembly line at the Forest plant has been at a standstill since Monday morning.
At an extraordinary works council meeting, local management announced that production of the Q4 electric SUV, due to start next month, had been temporarily suspended. A more precise production schedule should be presented in mid-November.
The indefinite pause should not have any impact on employment in the coming weeks, but the unions fear an impact from the start of next year. They are demanding guarantees in terms of production volumes and jobs.
Audi Brussels had clarified that its decision to delay production of the mid-sized SUVs, originally scheduled for the start of November, will not lead to job cuts at its Forest plant, where approximately 3,000 permanent and 500 temporary staff members are currently employed.
