OREANDA-NEWS. March 30, 2015. Kaluga plant "PSMA Rus" has no plans to extend the fixed-term contracts with 40% of the workers. The head of the Interregional Trade Union "Working Association" (MPRA) at the plant, Vladimir Sorokin, informed about it the agency “TASS”.

"While the company's administration has not brought officially information to employees, 40% are working on fixed-term contracts, which end on March 31st, - said Mr.Sorokin. - They do not intend to extend them. "According to various sources, we are talking about approximately 500-800 people.

Such a situation at the plant is related to the decrease in demand for cars. According to Mr.Sorokin, the company can make a working plan - to introduce simple for a few days at any time and send workers to pay 2/3.

Meanwhile, the union MPRA intends to defend the rights of workers. The management was not available for the moment to comment on this situation.

The company "PSMA Rus" in Kaluga took previously a simple. On December 17th, 2014 the plant has suspended production of cars for two weeks due to the economic situation in the country. "The decision to suspend was associated with the presence of sufficient inventories and the expected impact of the current economic situation on the dynamics of the automotive market in the first months of 2015", - said at the time, the press service of the enterprise.

From February 24th to March 9th, the plant also had a two-week collective vacation. "The collective vacation – is a planned event, which was held during the maintenance and adjustment of the equipment", - stated in the "PSMA Rus".

It was also reported that with the resumption of the workflow on March 9th it was launched the assembling of the updated Mitsubishi Outlander of 2015 model year at the Kaluga automobile plant. In Russian showrooms new crossovers should appear in April.

Automobile plant "PSMA Rus" in Kaluga assembles models of concern PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi. In the full cycle the company assembles Mitsubishi Outlander, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, Citroen C4 and Peugeot 408. The design capacity of plant is 125 thousand cars per a year.