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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.2 - Manufacture of footwear
144 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 December 2011
Employment effect (start)
30 December 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
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.
Sources
30 December 2011: Strefa Biznesu ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Protektor, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 72979, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72979.
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