Saab workers will be paid overdue November salaries, although it is unclear when December wages will be available.
The Swedish government is picking up the bill while receivers appointed to oversee Saab’s bankruptcy attempt to drum up interest in the automaker as a whole or parts of it.
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“The wages are on the way out to our members,” Unionen labour body chief legal adviser Martin Waestfelt told just-auto from Sweden, who added formal redundancy notices had not yet been issued but were expected soon.
Chinese manufacturer Youngman, whose involvement appeared to provoke the opposition of former Saab parent General Motors to any new ownership structure, is thought to have arrived in Sweden today, although calls to the company were not answered.
