Following the trade union coordination meeting, organized under the auspices of the European metalworkers' federation (EMF,) on May 25, 2007, after the management announced the European restructuring plan (see our dispatch n°070465,) European metalworkers' unions have decided to organize a European day of action, on June 12, 2007, to protest against the 9,000 jobs that are about to be cut in Europe. (Ref. 070513)
“The rapid disappearance of highly-qualified jobs and the shift of high-added value activities to other economic areas raise serious concerns”, explained the EMF, which finds that this is a concrete example to the concern it expressed during its congress about the lack of industrial policy in the European union (see our dispatch n° 070483) it went on: “the ability and willingness of both the EU and European companies to preserve jobs and achieve the Lisbon Strategy objective of a knowledge-based economy providing quality-jobs for European workers is being seriously questioned.”
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