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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.2 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
130 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 April 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The French firm Alstom has announced that it will dismiss 190 employees from its train manufacture plant located in Santa Perpetua de Mogoda (Barcelona). Jobs in the areas of engineering and innovation will not be affected.
According to the source, the reduction is the result of a decline in domestic demand and increased price competition in the international market. The aim of these cuts is to adapt the plant's structure to real demand and guarantee its viability in the future.
The source reports that workers oppose the measure and have been campaigning for political support following the announcement. The same day, the group announced plans to cut 182 jobs at its headquarters in France.
Update 31-07-2014: On the 31st of July of 2014 the company and the unions achieved an agreement that reduces the number of workers dismissed to 130. Direct dismissals will affect to 41 employees while 89 employees will leave the company by means of early retirement plans. The agreement on reduced job losses followed four days of strikes called by unions during July.
Sources
23 August 2014: El País
11 April 2014: ABC
31 August 2014: El País
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Alstom Transport, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 76860, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76860.
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