The list of auto giants switching to a shorter workweek has been expanded to include bus and truck manufacturers.
The management of the Moscow region plant that produces LiAZ buses announced a four-day workweek. They cite declining demand and a decline in government orders as the reason.
According to the pro-government publication Mash, the plant's workers have been working for a month now working on a reduced schedule, and their salaries were reduced by 15%.
From July 21 to August 3 suspended Work at the Pavlovsk Automobile Plant, which produces PAZ buses. Management calls this a planned corporate vacation.
The KAMAZ and GAZ plants also switched to a four-day work week. At KAMAZ, emphasized, that sales fell by 30%.
Previously, another major automobile manufacturer, AvtoVAZ, said that in September it also plans to switch to a four-day work week (sales of passenger cars here also fell by 30%).
At the same time, NeMoskva reported on problems in the production of Russian tractors and combines.