The opposition to the layoff plan presented by Nissan for its site in Barcelona has become unions' symbol. They protest against staffing cuts ("EREs" - expedientes de reducción de empleo) which affect Catalonia, experiencing accelerated de-industrialization because of the financial crisis. National and regional authorities have interceded with the car manufacturer. At Seat, the partial unemployment plan, negotiated for over a month, was validated by Catalan authorities. (Ref. 080870)
The opposition to the 1.680 layoffs announced by Nissan has become the symbol of union mobilization against successive plans for labor shake-outs, partial employment and staffing cuts announced in Catalonia. After Nissan, the car equipment manufacturers Delphi, Tyco, Ficosa and Pirelli, or even Frigo in the food industry, Ono in telecoms and many SMEs in the textile sector are in turn getting ready to cut jobs. The UGT and CCOO unions, which demonstrated in Barcelona on November 5, keep lobbyin
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