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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.1 - Postal activities under universal service obligation
2,000 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 February 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
The Minister of Communication and Information Technology announced that the restructuring process for CN Posta Romana must be finalised by the end of this year in order to start the privatisation process in 2009. The restructuring process will involve the collective redundancies of 2,000 employees, of which about 1,000 people will be employed in other partner companies of CN Posta Romana.
Sources
6 February 2008: Economistul
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Posta Romana, Internal restructuring in Romania, factsheet number 66281, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66281.
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