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Media 58 - Publishing activities 58.1 - Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing 58.1 - Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 August 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2011
Foreseen end date
30 November 2011
Description
On 17 August publisher De Gule Sider (The Yellow Pages) announced that 150 employees or 40% of all staff will be made redundant. The management blames the redundancies on decreasing sales. Some 130 of the redundant workers are members of the Danish Metalworkers Union, which will take initiatives to help them.
Sources
17 August 2011: Børsen.dk
Citation
Eurofound (2011), De Gule Sider, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 72391, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72391.