The strike at Ford’s Belgian Mondeo and minivan plant ended on Monday after workers voted to accept a provisional deal between union and management.
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According to Reuters about 70% of the workers accepted the agreement struck in the early hours of Monday for two one-off pay hikes of EUR500 gross, the offering of fixed contracts to 200 temporary staff and an easing of pressure with extra workers in one area.
“Production resumed at about 4pm today,” a Ford spokesman told the news agency while a union official confirmed that workers had voted in favour.
The had downed tools late on Thursday in a dispute over pay, fixed contracts for temporary employees and the issue of work pressure, Reuters noted. The plant employs almost 6,000 including temporary staff.
