Vauxhall production set to resume
Groupe PSA is planning to resume Vauxhall production at its Ellesmere Port site.
Members of the Unite union will visit the factory to review the safety protocols, before a resumption of manufacturing activity can begin.
The protocol comprises more than 100 measures covering all the company’s activities at industrial, administrative, R&D and commercial level. For example, the protocol – specifically developed for industrial sites in light of the coronavirus situation – requires checking employees’ temperatures, in addition to their self-monitoring of symptoms.
The wearing of glasses on site is also supplemented by a daily individual supply of masks, and respecting safe distances between people. Measures include break areas with markings on the floor, keeping doors open (except fire doors) to avoid contact with handles, frequent cleaning of tools and work surfaces, waiting time when exchanging unprepared parts in a Groupe PSA (hand to hand) environment.
The industrial recovery schedule, which will be comprehensively discussed with Unite, has not yet been specified and will take into account the operating capacity left to companies by public authorities to exercise their commercial and industrial activities
