Poland: EDF’s employees demonstrate against restructuring program

Angry unions. However, EDF’s 23 unions unanimously rejected this restructuring program, judging that the 1,400 jobs concerned by it are threatened. Unions point out that 200 jobs have already been cut since the energy market became public. Unions say the mobility program proposed is “unreal” and “is in conflict with social dialogue, social responsibility and sustainable development, which are values the group displays. This is why unions want the program, or its enforcement, removed “to respect local specificities and take account the labor market crisis.”
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m several undertakings. 400 jobs would be cut, and the remaining employees would be transferred towards a single service center gathering administrative and financial services as well as human resources. In a press release, EDF Polska announced that “any change will be carried out while respecting workers’ rights and advantages.” Thus, workers forced to move to join the single service center will receive a “mobility package” providing, notably, for mobility bonuses, temporary payback for rent,

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