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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.4 - Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2013
Foreseen end date
30 April 2013
Description
On 30 January 2013, the Polish supplier of ammunition and military equipment, Bumar announced plans to cut 100 jobs by the end of April 2013.
On 21 January 2013, the company signed with the local trade unions the bilateral agreement on the collective dismissal programme’s conditions. There will also be reductions in wages. The company has agreed to offer re-employment support to redundant employees.
Bumar Group consists of 40 companies, including 20 manufacturing and trading companies specialised in production of munitions, radars, rockets and armour.
Sources
30 January 2013: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł ()
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Bumar, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 74891, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74891.
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