The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
16 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
28 December 2006
Foreseen end date
16 January 2007
Description
After around ten months of industrial action, workers at Phosphoric Fertilisers Industry (BFL), a chemical plant in Thessaloniki, have succeeded in preventing the closure of the plant. Although the company continues to operate, some 200 employees have been dismissed. A draft bill is expected to be submitted to the parliament specifying the terms of exit for redundant and resigning employees.
Sources
16 January 2007: Naftemboriki
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Phosphoric Fertilisers Industry (BFL), Internal restructuring in Greece, factsheet number 64821, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64821.
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