Toyota workers approve the dismissal after destroying the temporal factory inside SP

Toyota workers approve the dismissal after destroying the temporal factory inside SP


The car manufacturer paralyzed the production in Brazil after the Porto Feliz system (SP) has become ina operating

Motoring Toyota In Brazil they approved on Sunday 28, the dismissal proposal presented by the company after a strong storm destroyed the factory located in the city of Porto Feliz (SP) on Monday 21.

According to Sorocaba and the Union Metalworkers region, 96.3% of workers approved the proposal, which temporarily suspends employment contracts, but preserves jobs and workers’ rights.

The dismissal is an alternative provided for work legislation to prevent mass dismissal.



Toyota paralyzed its activities in Brazil because the company’s factory affected by the rainfall in Porto Feliz is responsible for the production of the brand’s car engines. With the production of this compromised object, the activities of the plants of Sorocaba (SP) and investigatiatuba (SP) will also be affected. The forecast is that 30,000 cars will no longer be produced by the end of the year.

The unit suffered serious damage: the tiles were thrown up to 6 km away from the twenty of 90 km/h, while the high precision equipment were compromised both by the water and from the impact of the structures that collapsed.

Since it is a plant with controlled environment and extremely sensitive machines, the recovery process will be long and complex. In addition to serving the Brazilian market, the Porto Feliz factory also exports engines and components in the United States, which expands the impacts of interruption. The damage was so great that the plant must be practically reconstructed.

This has already led to the postponement of the launch of Yaris Cross SUVscheduled for October and can leave retailers without unity of the Corolla sedan (produced in investigation) e Cross corolla SUV (Made in Sorocaba, next to Yaris Cross).

Source: Terra

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