Dacia general strike might affect Renault sales targets

The general strike that has been taking place at Renault’s Romanian plant Automobile Dacia for more than two weeks now might affect the global sales targets of the Renault Group, French daily Les Echos reads, quoted by just-auto.com. The general strike enters its eleventh working day today, and considering the normal daily quota of cars produced in normal conditions, some 13,000 cars were left out of production.

Therefore, this might affect Renault’s global sales for which Renault Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn saw a 10% increase this year and the next. His forecasts were based primarily on the Logan model of which some 300,000 units were supposed to be produced in Romania this year and globally some 750,000 units.

Dacia trade union members argue that their strike is perfectly legal and they plan to organize a protest in Pitesti, south Romania on April 10. On April 9, a local court is expected to rule on the legality or illegality of the strike. The French daily reads that this is the worst strike Renault has faced in Romania.