MILAN — Stellantis has agreed with unions that it will cut 480 jobs this year at its Mirafiori facility in Turin through voluntary lay offs, Italy’s FIM-CISL union said.
The deal was signed by all major metal workers unions with the exception of the leftist FIOM-CGIL.
Stellantis had already reached a similar accord with unions in February over more than 700 voluntary lay offs, for a total of nearly 1,200 job cuts this year in Italy.
Davide Provenzano, head of FIM-CISL for the Turin area, said on Monday that while the deadline for the voluntary lay offs was the end of the year, there was an extra incentive of 20,000 euros ($21,000) for people who leave the company by Sept. 30.
A spokesperson for Stellantis, which currently employs around 50,000 people in Italy, confirmed the accord over the job cuts, saying the company had no further comment.
In announcing new model allocations in March, Stellantis confirmed it will build successor to the Fiat New 500 small electric car at the Mirafiori factory. The plant currently builds the Maserati Levante SUV as well as the New 500.
In addition, the factory — the group’s oldest in Italy, dating to 1939 — will also get two new Maserati models.