PWA International

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland; Eastern and Midland; Dublin
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin
Sector
Manufacturing
(33) Machinery and equipment
33.1 - Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products, machinery and equipment
33.16 - Repair and maintenance of civilian air and spacecraft
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2015, Case number: 6
107 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
18 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Aircraft maintenance and repair firm PWA Interational is reported to have laid off 107 workers in recent weeks at its Dublin facility. The company initiated a 30-day consultation process with trade union SIPTU on the future of the plant. PWA is a subsidiary of Pratt and Whitney. The case was subsequently the basis of a European Globalisation Fund intervention.

Sources

  • 15 November 2013: The Irish Independent
  • 13 October 2013: RTE

Citation

Eurofound (2013), PWA International, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 93421, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93421.