Union members representing employees in Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France and the Netherlands for Imperial Tobacco Group met in Brussels on October 10 with representatives from the European and international federations of food and tobacco workers (EFFAT and UITA) to discuss a joint strategy against the restructuring plan announced by the fourth largest group in the global tobacco industry, notably after the takeover of the Franco-Spanish group Altadis in 2007. (Ref. 080801)
The restructuring plan, launched in July by
Imperial Tobacco, implies the dismissal of around 2.600 workers in several countries
and at several production levels, such as sales or administrative services. This plan, “conceived
for the benefit of shareholders and for the single purpose of maximizing profit”
according to the two union federations, already led to strikes in France and
Spain. The participants to the October 10 meeting “did not rule out joint
action at European level in order to hig
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