Ducati reduces factory workers' hours, raises wages

  • Oct 15, 2014
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The agreement with the workers' unions will see 13 new jobs created in the Italian factory, but more importantly with the new work schedules, the factory will now stay open seven days a week

Ducati Production Line

Under the new agreement, Ducati Motor Holding factory workers will go from 15 to 21 shifts per week, with a format of three days on, and two days off. In exchange, factory workers will work fewer hours per week on average, but will make higher average wages for their time.

So factory workers will now be working roughly 30 hours per week, but making around the same amount as what 40 hours of work would have paid before the new agreement. According to reports, the Ducati workforce is said to have voted overwhelmingly for the new agreement, with 71 per cent of workers in favour of the deal.

The deal also sees Ducati investing 11.5 million Euros (a little less than Rs 90 crore) over the next five years into Borgo Panigale, focusing on camshaft and crankshaft production. The deal is expected to benefit the Bologna region as a whole, and helps consolidate Ducati’s sourcing of parts to the industrial area around Bologna.

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