This meeting of
the EWC follows the announcement of the restructuring plan announced on
December 10, 2008. Concerning employment, it provides for 14.000 job cuts
worldwide, including 5.500 direct employees of the group and 8.500 “non-contracting”
(temporary workers, consultants, providers…), the CFDT French union said. According to
the latter, the countries most badly affected are: 1/
Great Britain with 756 job cuts, 573 of which related to the shutdown of the electrolysis
site of Anglesey and about a hundred head offices in London. 2/ France, with
679 job cuts, 116 of which on the Neuf-Brisach site (Alsace), 81 on the St Jean
de Maurienne site (Savoy) and 453 as a result of the reduction of temporary employment on many
sites. The other countries concerned are the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, the
Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland.
(Alsace), 81 on the St Jean
de Maurienne site (Savoy) and 453 as a result of the reduction of temporary employment on many
sites. The other countries concerned are the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, the
Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland.
Unions want more
precise figures. “The
CFDT and all the union organizations of the group denounced the fact that the
data provided was vague and accuse the management of trying to downplay the
actual number of job cuts and present staff representatives to ass
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