Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Spain
Region
Sur; Andalucía; Sevilla
Location of affected unit(s)
Sevilla
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications
New offshoring locations
Not Available

184 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
31 May 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2006

Description

Atento is a company that belongs to Telefonica Group. Telefonica used to be the telecommunications public company and was privatised in the 1990s. Atento announced on 31 May 2006 the dismissal of 184 employees in Sevilla (Andalucia) before 30 June 2006. According to CCOO, one of the two most important trade unions in Spain, the company is going to offshore these jobs to Latin America. The trade unions have announced a strike for 9 June 2006.


Sources

  • 1 June 2006: El País

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Atento, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Spain, factsheet number 63565, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63565.