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Accommodation / Food 56 - Food and beverage service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
95 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
McDonald’s, US-headquartered chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, is to cut 95 jobs out of 559 positions in the province of Milan. It is reported that the company has not reached any agreement with the trade unions on the reorganization plan.
The trade unions reacted to the company’s decision by announcing a strike for the 25th September.
Sources
25 September 2012: La Repubblica
25 September 2012: Il corriere della sera
Citation
Eurofound (2012), McDonald's, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 74167, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74167.