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European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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On 30 December 2011, footwear manufacturer Protektor announced plans to shut down the unit in Lublin and dismiss all 144 employees. The company assured that all redundant workers will receive a severance pay equal to 6 months' wage. Still, employees and local trade unions protested against the decision on the closure as well as against the lack of collective bargaining throughout the process. Moreover, the local trade unions reveald that they have been forbidden to enter the factory.
Eurofound (2011), Protektor, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 72979, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72979.