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Prior to the public announcement, the Latvian Railway and Traffic worker Trade Union (LDzSA) said that the company had begun negotiations with the union.
Redundancies will take place in two stages. 200 employees are scheduled to be dismissed in September-October, mainly from administration and support staff. Further consultations with the National Railway Technical Inspectorate and the trade union are planned around the dismissal of another 500 employees, mainly blue-collar workers.
“When assessing and optimizing the administrative and support functions of the company, as well as technological processes, a decision has been taken to reduce the number of employees of the Latvian Railway State JSC by the end of the year by approximately 700 employees,” the company statement says.
Sources
20 August 2021: Public broadcasting of Latvia (eng.lsm.lv)
20 August 2021: Public broadcasting of Latvia (www.lsm.lv)
Citation
Eurofound (2021), Latvijas Dzelzceļš, Internal restructuring in Latvia, factsheet number 105190, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105190.
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