Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
In December 2011, Servirail, part of the French catering group Newrest Wagons Lits, announced the loss of 800 jobs in Italy. This is due to the cancellation of the night passenger transport by Trenitalia, the state-owned Italian railway company. Servirail supplies night transport services for Trenitalia.
Trenitalia's decision will lead to an overall job loss of 1,700 at Trenitalia and its subcontractors. It is reported however that Trenitalia workers (around 900) will be redeployed within the company.
After negotiations between the company, the Ministry of Labour, and the trade unions, Trenitalia has announced on the 23rd of December that Servirail workers should be progressively redeployed through the outsourcing of other activities in the next two years. Moreover, in the next months, the workers will be able to participate in vocational and re-training courses.
The trade union Filt-Cgil has expressed disagreement with this solution proposed by Trenitalia.
Eurofound (2011), Servirail, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 72917, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72917.
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