Type
Closure
Country
France
Region
Nord - Pas-De-Calais; Pas-de-Calais;
Location of affected unit(s)
Libercourt
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation
52.10 - Warehousing and storage

127 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 April 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2015
Foreseen end date
31 January 2015

Description

Logistic company Kuehne + Nagel is to cut 127 jobs at Libercourt. The trade unions have announced the closure of the site that works exclusively for the supermarket network Carrefour. The management has started to negotiate an employment saving plan that will lead to cuts of about 127 positions.

Carrefour has decided to reorganise its logistics in the framework of a plan called “Caravelle”. This plan will lead to the end of contracts between Carrefour and three sites owned by Kuehne + Nagel in France. One of those will be maintained for one more year and a second has found two new customers to maintain its activities. According to the unions, the site could close by January 2016. The management of Carrefour group have announced  that redundant workers will be offered new jobs but the trade unions are not satisfied with the plan proposed.


Sources

  • 11 June 2015: La Voix du Nord
  • 12 June 2015: La Voix du Nord
  • 19 June 2015: La Voix du Nord

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Kuehne + Nagel, Closure in France, factsheet number 83780, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83780.