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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.2 - Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
142 - 145 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 November 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Volvo Powertrain, manufacturer of crankshaft for motor vehicles, will close its plant in Leganes (Madrid), making up to 145 staff redundant. To date, it is unclear whether the remaining 28 workers will be dismissed too.
The measure is due to the company’s decision to assemble the entire crankshaft production in Sweden. The company has offered the workers committee to transfer some of the workers to Sweden and France.
During the negotiations, the company offered to compensate dismissed workers equal to 43 days per year worked up to a maximum of 38 months, and early retirement plans for workers older than 55 years. However, the workers committee has rejected this offer.
Sources
2 December 2013: inversion&finanzas
28 November 2013: El País
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Volvo Powertrain, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 76306, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76306.
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