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Transportation / Storage Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation Support activities for transportation 52.25 - Logistics service activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
15 November 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
U Logistique, a subsidiary of the supermarket network Système U, has announced the take over a logistic platform belonging to the group XPO in Fontenay-Le-Comte (Vendée) with the aim to increase its activities from 25 million parcels per year to 28-30 million in 2018. It will invest €2 million to automate the site and expect to take over the 120 employees and to recruit 100 new employees by 2018 with the aim to reach a workforce of 220 employees. Recruitment will start by mid-November 2017. The investment in automation aims to improve the working conditions of the employees. The aim is to reduce the heavy handling that occupies 70% of employees today to 50% in one or two years. Salary improvements are also expected as the workforce went on strike last Spring to ask for salary increases and improvement of working conditions.
Sources
24 October 2017: Ouest-France
Citation
Eurofound (2017), U Logistique, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 92365, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92365.
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