Just as their parent company was settling three-plant strike action in the United States with the United Auto Workers union, seat Johnson Controls’ Belgian seat-making workers staged a strike on Friday that has temporarily shut down Volkswagen’s sole production plant in the country.
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According to Reuters, Volkswagen said it stood to lose between one and two million euros per day as a result of the shutdown at the plant which normally makes about 1,000 Lupo and Golf models each day.
Local media said that the Johnson Controls workers were protesting a decision to close the Belgian plant, Reuters reported.
“We are in touch with Johnson Controls to find a solution (for the supply of car seats),” a Volkswagen spokeswoman told Reuters.
