exhibition highlighting the history of the site and Kragujevac — along with a training academy as well as corporate and manufacturing offices. A nearby building has an on-site kindergarten for employee families. The co-located Grosnica Supplier Park includes sub-works for Magneti Marelli (bumpers, spoilers, exhaust systems and catalytic converters), Johnson Controls MM (instrument panels, interior, interior parts and plastic parts), Dräxlmaier (electrical), with other plants nearby, including Adient (seats), PMC (suspension systems, sheet metal stampings and chassis assemblies), SIGIT (rubber and plastic parts) as well as HTL. Layoff, strike and stoppages In June 2016, Fiat Serbia laid off nearly 30 percent of its workforce and ended one of its three shifts. At the time, the plant employed 3,100 with up to 900 workers per shift. European sales of the 500L had fallen by 16 percent in the first quarter of 2016. On 27 June 2017, after two days of protests, 90% of the workforce at Fiat Serbia began a strike that ended just over two weeks later. Workers demanded an hourly wage increase from 2 to 2,40 euros, paid overtime, an end to layoffs, a work reorganization, and compensation allowance for shifts that start or finish at night, from 10 PM to 5 AM, when the public transportation isn't operating. Two unions supported the strike, the Autonomous Metalworkers’ Union of Serbia (SSMS) and the Industry, Energy and Mining Workers’ Union, GS IER Nezavisnost. The strike halted the factory's 440 car-per-day production. By late March 2018, Fiat Serbia had undergone four plant closures to adjust supply to demand — the last of the stoppages from March 23 to April 3, 2018 (as of April 2018). In May 2022, Fiat management announced that they intend to close and refurbish the plant in order to produce a new electric car beginning with 2024. Until then, workers have been offered to either relocate to a Fiat plant abroad (Italy, Germany, Poland, Slovakia), where they can earn three times more, or to accept a layoff severance pay. See also Fiat Group Assembly Sites Stellantis Italy Notes and references Notes References External links Fijat u Kragujevcu: Šta su građani dobili i šta ako Italijani odu at b92.net Car manufacturers of Serbia Fiat Group factories Automobili Srbij Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Companies based in Kragujevac Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2008 2008 establishments in Serbia