The Nokia-Bochum factory will officially close on June 30, 2008. However, the 2.300 employees already stopped working since May 16 and attended their last General Assembly on June 6. The works council and the IG-Metall presented the details of the transfer of the 1.600 employees who didn't find a new job to the transfer company (Transfertgesellschaft) which will be their new employer for a year. (Ref. 080493)
After the announcement of the closing of the Nokia-Bochum factory and the relocation of the cell phone production to Romania in the beginning of 2008, the IG-Metall warned the Finnish company that it was going to pay for one of the most costly social plans since the end of the war. Which is true since Nokia is going to spend €200 million to pay for the social measures resulting from the shutdown. Out these €200 million, €185 million will be dedicated to employees’ benefits, including those whos
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