A coordination meeting between the Unilever group's European trade unions took place, on September 25, 2007, in Amsterdam, on the initiative of the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism trade unions (EFFAT), to bring a joint answer to the restructuring plan announced last August 3, which concerns 20.000 jobs in Europe. (Ref. 070792)
The Dutch group Unilever announced, on August 3, 2007, the suppression of 20.000 jobs throughout Europe out of a global workforce of 179.000 employees. For Lucas Vermaat, negotiator at Unilever for the Federation of Dutch Unions (FNV), this is the straw that broke the camel’s back. “For years, Unilever’s employees have felt they are being exploited”, he said. “The fruits of their labour do not get back to them; they are simply redistributed among shareholders.” French, Belgian, German, British,
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