Let us change the focus for a bit. Leave the GM and Chrysler issues and focus on how the other auto market players are doing. While the two U.S. car giants are sitting in pins and needles, brunt of the load on what is to be expected has been left at the hand of other car manufacturers like Fiat.
And perhaps that is one reason why Fiat is now being pressured by its own employees as they brace themselves on the corporate direction, anticipating large job cuts in the light of having to take over European activities left behind by GM and Chrysler.
“It’s all very well to go shopping abroad, but Italian workers want to know what their future will look like,” said Marco Roselli, a Fiat employee from southern Melfi.
What do the Fiat employees have to bank on? Right now it seems that there is no definite answer, something that has driven them to demand for job security. While that is a given, Fiat may put delays on what answer they may provide. Besides, it doesn’t seem that they have one for now as they continue to see what the future of the motoring industry would look like after all of these issues have finally settled down.
(Source) Motoring.co.za
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