ING announced 7,000 redundancies out of a total workforce of 130,000 worldwide without “wanting or being able” to provide information on the subsidiaries and the countries concerned, underscored the FNV. The union had already held an urgent telephone conference with the ING management on January 26 demanding immediate clarification of the scheduled restructuring and the specifics of the subsequent social plan. The ING bank management undertook to issue information on February 18. On its part, Philips has announced 6,000 redundancies out of a workforce of 121,000 following losses of € 186 million in 2008 and an unfavorable economic environment which is expected to continue and get worse in the first 2009 half-year. “We have hitherto no information on the number of people who will be laid off in The Netherlands”, explained Marco van Moort, a spokesman of FNV and its associate company, FNV Bondgenoten. For Philips the FNV raised a “sensitive issue” inasmuch as the Dutch unions are used to far-reaching consultations and a progressive social policy of the firm, which is furthermore considered by the Dutch as the best employer in the country.
esman of FNV and its associate company, FNV Bondgenoten. For Philips the FNV raised a “sensitive issue” inasmuch as the Dutch unions are used to far-reaching consultations and a progressive social policy of the firm, which is furthermore considered by the Dutch as the best employer in the country.
Planet Labor, January 30, 2009, No. 090093 – www.planetlabor.com
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