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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
17 February 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
US-based automotive supplier Federal Mogul will cut 120 jobs in Blumberg (Baden–Wuerttemberg). Job cuts are due to high unit costs and internal restructuring as the company wants to become more competitive. The pan is thus to develop this plant into a worldwide competence centre for the production of hollow valves and to ensure its future success in the long run.
The executive board has already reached an agreement with the works council on the restructuring programme. However, employees are exasperated as most of the affected workers are permanent employees whereas 20 to 25 temporary agency workers can stay. According to the management this workforce is need to cover for absences due to long-term disease or maternity leave.
Originally, 150 jobs should be cut, however, labour union IG Metall made demands for a reduction of these figures. Federal Mogul currently employs 7,000 employees in Germany and about 50,000 employees worldwide.
Sources
17 February 2016: schwarzwaelder-bote.de
17 February 2016: Südkurier (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Federal Mogul, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 86523, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86523.
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