Portugal: Tyco Electronics appeals to partial unemployment for six months for part of its staff

The factory making electronic components for cars, Tyco Electronics of Evora, south Portugal, decided to appeal to partial unemployment for six months. Negotiations helped reduce the staff initially concerned by half. (Ref. 090035)
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The company saw its orders drop by 35% in the sector of electronic components for car making. The decision to appeal to the suspension of the labor contract (for detail on the system, see our dispatch No. 081038) for six months was supposed to concern 536 employees – one third of the staff. Negotiations between the management and union representatives led to reducing this number by half. The company already suspended production for two weeks at the end of December 2008, forcing some workers to

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