Brose

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Bayern; Oberfranken; Bamberg, Landkreis
Location of affected unit(s)
Hallstadt
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
109 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
11 October 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2005
Foreseen end date
31 December 2005

Description

Automotive supplier Brose will cut 109 jobs by december 2005 at its factory in Hallstadt near Bamberg (Bavaria). Brose and trade union IG Metall had negotiated about a longer working week and other cost-cutting measures. After the negotiations broke down in July 2005, Brose first announced the loss of 51 jobs. Early October the company added another 58 positions. The management says the trade union was blocking necessary reform, thereby endangering jobs. The trade union says the company was demanding ever more concessions, while profits were healthy.

Sources

  • 12 October 2005: Automobilindustrie.de

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Brose, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 62419, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62419.