The plant near Valenciennes (North) of the Japanese automotive giant Toyota will resume production on Monday, suspended on December 22 due to the interruption of trade with the United Kingdom after the appearance of a new variant of the coronavirus, a we learned from its management.
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Work on the Onnaing site, which manufactures the Yaris and employs more than 4,000 people in three-shifts, was to resume in the early afternoon, said site management.
The activities of the two English sites of the group, also suspended due to a shortage of parts, will resume "
normally
" on January 4, at the end of holidays "
scheduled
" from December 24, she added.
The management of the French site announced a week ago that these three sites had been put on hold, "
in view of the shortages of parts expected due to transport delays and the uncertain nature of the duration of the border closures for logistics activities.
".
2000 cars not produced
"
Before, stocks were in warehouses, now stocks are on the roads in trucks
", it is "
the principle of just-in-time
", then regretted Eric Pecqueur, CGT delegate.
At Onnaing, the break "
penalized us up to 2,000 non-produced cars, which will be produced early next year
," said management, stressing that "
this will not upset the entire schedule
".
Under a "
modulation agreement
" in force, staff who have not worked will receive their salary normally and make up for the days not worked in early 2021, she said.
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After the appearance of a new variant of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom, France had suspended on December 20 for 48 hours all travel of people from British soil, including related to the transport of goods.
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