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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.20 - Manufacture of footwear
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 February 2020
Employment effect (start)
15 February 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The company Alberto Sousa, Lda, owner of the Eureka brand, dismissed 150 workers and announced that it will declare insolvency. The documentation required for the unemployment benefit was not provided by the employer. The company had already announced the closure of 13 stores in Portugal, but did not announce the closure of the factory, located in Vizela.
The company is preparing to present insolvency for economic reasons.
The Union of Footwear of Minho and Trás-os-Montes has already made a complaint to the Authority for Working Conditions.
About two years ago, the financial difficulties of Alberto Sousa, Lda were known: debts amounting to €22 million and 622 creditors led the company to a Special Revitalization Process.
Eurofound (2020), Alberto Sousa, Lda, Bankruptcy in Portugal, factsheet number 99856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99856.
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