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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
499 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
23 March 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The fourth phase of the Courier company Unipost's closure will imply 499 dismissals and the closure of 17 centers (five centers in Barcelona, seven centers in Madrid, three centers in Zaragoza and one center in Seville, in Malaga, in Murcia, in Logroño, in Mallorca, in Huesca and in Valencia). Those dismissals come after the employment adjustment announced in October 2017 (2200 jobs) and the unsuccessful outcome in trying to sell the company to another private company within the sector or to an investment fund.
Update 03/05/2018:
The insolvency administrators of Unipost has presented the fourth phase of the labour force adjustment plan, which will affect about 500 workers. According to this information, the last phase of this layoff is expected to be implemented at the beginning of June, affecting about 80 employees who will still work in the company.
Sources
19 March 2018: La Vanguardia
19 March 2018: Expansión
2 May 2018: La Vanguardia
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Unipost , Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 93592, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93592.
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