At Nedcar, the only plant of motorized assemblage in the Netherlands, the volunteer departure program set up last July to avoid forced dismissals has been so successful that it was extended for month, on December 4th. The program has already enabled 1 000 employees (out of 3000) to leave. (Ref 061218)
About 150 jobs remain to be shed before next April, in the plant owned by Mitsubishi. Last March, Daimler Benz stopped the production of the Smart Four model, and before April 2007, 70 000 Colt Mitsubishis will be assembled in the same plant, after pressure put by trade unions and the Dutch government to prevent a shutdown. Three factors explain the success of the voluntary departures. “First of all, candidates relieved a good departure bonus, calculated according to their age and seniority”, s
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