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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.92 - Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
109 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 September 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2013
Foreseen end date
31 March 2014
Description
Sandvik Mining and Construction has announced redundancies of 109 production personnel from its plant in Tampere. The company has concluded mandatory negotiations with employee representatives on these cuts, but negotiations continye concerning office personnel.
Sandvik, which has employed approx. 1,000 employees in Tampere, initiated negotiations in August on the basis reduced sales and poor outlook for its products. It is also planning temporary layoffs in Tampere, but it is not closing the factory for any period of time.
Production personnel of Sandvik's Tampere plant reacted to the announced layoffs with a two-day walk-out.
Sources
17 September 2013: Aamulehti
17 September 2013: Taloussanomat
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Sandvik Mining and Construction, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 75908, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75908.
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