Overview
- Renault suspended new vehicle allocations for its Valladolid and Palencia factories during the tenth bargaining meeting after workers’ representatives rejected what management called a final offer.
- Before the pause, management had slightly sweetened pay terms with inflation plus one point for some years, a one-off €400 payment in 2026 and 2027, and €200 in the last year, alongside plans to lift permanent hires to 300, raise overtime pay by 15%, and cap Saturday shifts at 14 per turn.
- Following the rejection, the company lowered its proposal to inflation-only annual raises and removed a contribution bonus, according to union sources present at the talks.
- Renault says an immediate signature is crucial to secure five new models that it claims would give close to a decade of production stability, while the SCP union accuses the firm of using the industrial plan as media pressure.
- More than 5,000 workers depend on these model awards, and union sources warn production and jobs could fall without electric vehicles, in the first contract negotiation since Renault’s engines unit was spun off as Horse.