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Manufacturing (18) Printing and reproduction of recorded media 18.1 - Printing and service activities related to printing 18.11 - Printing of newspapers
531 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
30 April 2009
Description
The spanish Newspapers publishing GRUPO ZETA has announced that it is to dismiss 531 workers out of a total workforce of 2,300 staff. The job losses will be implemented by April 2009. The management said that the restructuring is an " indispensable step " to ensure the company's viability over the next three years.
Sources
31 December 2008: El País
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Grupo ZETA, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 67947, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67947.