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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.1 - Building Of Ships And Boats
440 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 May 2024
Employment effect (start)
29 May 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
The German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has announced 440 job cuts at its shipyard in Papenburg, Lower Saxony.
The company justifies the job cuts with a tight financial situation, which is why money must be saved urgently. The job cuts affect 440 employees. According to works council chairman Andreas Hensen, employees who are not directly involved in the construction of ships are particularly affected.
Talks are underway between the IG Metall trade union and the management about the job cuts, but positions have hardened. On the company side, it is clear that it will not work without job cuts, otherwise Meyer Werft would face insolvency. The shipyard needs €2.8 billion by 2027. The head of the works council, Andreas Hensen, on the other hand, is calling for neither employees nor trainees to be thrown out and for fewer external workers to be employed instead. Negotiations should be concluded by the end of June 2024.
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