2024-09-09 14:26:20
The Audi plant in Brussels is on the brink of collapse. Management has not yet made a clear statement. Now employees are trying to force them to do so with an unusual action.
At an Audi plant in Brussels that is threatened with closure, employees have stolen the keys to around 200 vehicles. They want to force management to provide clarity about the future of the site, as the Belgian news agency Belga reports. Until this happens, no car will leave the plant.
Audi reportedly does not want to accept the blackmail and has threatened to file a complaint if the keys are not returned by Monday afternoon. The people responsible can be identified using surveillance camera footage.
Audi announced in July that it could not rule out the closure of operations in Brussels. The reason given was weak demand for the Q8 e-tron electric SUVs produced at the plant. Read more about this here.
The site recently employed around 3,000 people. Their concerns were heightened again last Tuesday when Audi’s parent company Volkswagen announced that no other model would be produced in Brussels in the coming years.
According to the union, employees have already responded with work stoppages in recent days, preventing production from resuming after the summer break. A major day of protest is planned for September 16.