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2007 December 14   11:00

Ford Vsevolzhsk union to end strike on Dec 17 - administration

The Ford Vsevolzhsk trade union will stop the strike on December 17, the company said in a statement received by PRIME-TASS on Friday.

The protest action began on November 20. The key demand was a 30-percent payrise.

On November 28, the company resumed one-shift manufacturing. All the produced cars conform to Ford's global quality standards, company officials said.

At one point, the number of strikers increased to 600.

The Ford Vsevozhsk administration informed the workers that the upcoming increase in wages would compensate for the inflation by a large margin.

In practice, the commitment implies that given the inflation target of 11 percent until the end of 2007, an average wage at the company may increase from 21,500 to 23,865 roubles in 2008.

The plant of the Ford company, located in the town of Vsevolzhsk, produces up to 75,000 Ford Focus cars a year.

It is the third strike by the working collective this year. The previous actions on February 14 and November 7 did not last more than a day. Each idle day costs the company four to six million dollars.

Starting from 2008, the company plans to increase the capacity of the plant, and begin producing a new Ford Mondeo. In 2009, the output is expected to increase to 125,000 vehicles a year.

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