The day after the Anglo-Dutch group's CEO, Patrick Cescau, told the press about the suppression of 20.000 jobs mainly located in Europe in five years, the EWC published a declaration in which it declared itself ready "to fight in every factory for every job." The EWC's selected committee will meet with the management on September 4. The European trade union federation representing the food industry (EFFAT) is planning to organize a coordination meeting with the group's union representatives "to decide which union answer to bring to this restructuring." (Ref. 070675)
20.000 jobs in 4 years, that is 11% of the global workforce, in 50 sites which would mainly be located in Europe. The news was announced to the press on August 2 by the Unilever group’s CEO, Patrick Cescau, as part of the question and answers session which followed a quarterly profits announcement. Thinking that this information item “is far in excess of that has been discussed with the workers representatives until now”, the European works council immediately reacted via a statetement in which
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