The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 September 2011
Employment effect (start)
29 September 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
Household appliance manufacturer Birton Poland announced 100 jobs cuts at the plant in Sosnowiec. After protests and industrial actions (started in May 2011), the local trade unions and the management reached a bilateral agreement to reduce the 300 job cuts initially planned to 100. Established in 1998, the factory currently employs 650 people (most of them are female).
Sources
29 September 2011: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Bitron Poland, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 72496, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72496.
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