Fiat Chrysler executives, salaried workers to take pay cuts throughout coronavirus pandemic By Reuters

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(Reuters) – Fiat The top executives and employees of Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI 🙂 (N 🙂 around the world are in an act of "common sacrifice" caused by the coronavirus pandemic that affects the automaker's plants in Europe and North America closed, cut wages at a company memo seen by Reuters.

Chief Executive Mike Manley said in the memo that he would cut his salary by 50 percent for three months from April 1, while Chairman John Elkann and the FCA Board of Directors will waive the rest of their 2020 compensation. FCA said most global employees are hired to take a temporary 20 percent cut in wages.

"Protecting the company's financial health is everyone's responsibility, and of course it starts with me and the leadership of the FCA," Manley wrote.

According to the memo, members of the automaker's group management board will also cut their salaries by 30 percent.

Last week, U.S. automaker General Motors Co (NYSE: .N) # 1 announced that it plans to keep its factories closed indefinitely, cut employee and executive pay, and suspend some future product programs to help To save money.

GM's chief executive and chief financial officer urged the company's employees in an internal video, saying that "significant savings" are needed to maintain the company's long-term viability.

To save money, Ford Motor Co. (N 🙂 also said that it temporarily lowered top executive salaries.

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