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Casalmaggiore (Cremona), Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (Mantova), Ravenna.
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.1 - Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 January 2011
Employment effect (start)
28 February 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
Marcegaglia, one of the world leaders in the steel and metallurgical sector, is to create 250 new jobs in its plants located at Casalmaggiore (in the province of Cremona), Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (in the province of Mantova), and Ravenna. The workers will be hired with apprenticeship contracts. The trade unions have planned some meetings with the company in order to negotiate how to guarantee the application of the company-level collective agreements also to these new employees. Marcegaglia has around 7,000 employees (around 5,000 in Italy).
Sources
13 January 2011: Il corriere della sera
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Marcegaglia, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 71439, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71439.
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