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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 25.4 - Forging and shaping metal and powder metallurgy 25.4 - Forging and shaping metal and powder metallurgy
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 May 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 September 2009
Description
ŽDB Group, a Czech metallurgical company has announced to cut 500 out of 2,500 jobs by the end of September 2009 due to a sharp fall in customer orders. The company has reported that about 500 jobs have been already lost since January 2009 as a consequence of the global crisis. Trade unions are ready to call a protest meeting against further dismissals.
Sources
12 May 2009: Právo-Severní Morava
Citation
Eurofound (2009), ŽDB Group, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 68926, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68926.