Type
Internal restructuring
Country
France
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

1,500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
18 January 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008

Description

SNCF, the French railway company, has announced the continuation of its restructuring programme in SNCF Fret, the freight division of SNCF. The French public railways company SNCF has announced that its budget forecast for 2008 will include 1,500 job losses. On 24 January 2008, there was a national strike in protest of the redundancies.


Sources

  • 19 January 2008: Le Monde
  • 19 January 2008: L'Humanité
  • 21 January 2008: Les Echos

Citation

Eurofound (2008), SNCF Fret, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 66217, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66217.