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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.1 - Monetary intermediation
750 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 February 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Spanish bank Novagalicia Banco intends to dismiss 750 employees with the closure of 150 branches outside of Leon, Galicia and Asturias. The bank has indicated that the job cuts will be implemented through forced dismissals.
A meeting between the management and the trade unions is scheduled for 14 February 2012 - the trade unions hope that alternative solutions to the redundancies can be found. In the meantime protests will be staged on 13 February.
Sources
8 February 2012: Expansión
7 February 2012: Farodevigo.es
7 February 2012: El País
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Novagalicia Banco, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 73340, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73340.
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