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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
111 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 February 2008
Employment effect (start)
30 March 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
The car manufacturer Nissan announced on January 4 that it was preparing a dossier for reducing employment which could lead to the dismissal of 450 workers in its unit in Zona Franca Barcelona. The following week, after negotiations and agreement with unions, it qualified the announcement saying that it had extended the period of acceptance of voluntary redundancies until December this year and that so far 111 workers had accepted voluntary redundancy.
14 April 2008: European Industrial Relations Observatory
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Nissan, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 66438, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66438.
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