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.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
107 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 July 2016
Employment effect (start)
30 July 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Polish producer of rolling stocks Newag has announced that it will cut 107 jobs at the unit in Gliwice by the end of 2016. The company has already implemented a collective dismissal programme. Currently at the factory there is an ongoing labour dispute between the local trade union and the company, demanding social protection (severance pay) for laid-off workers. The programme is associated with the company’s decision to relocate production to the facility in Nowy Sącz.
Newag has been operating in Gliwice since 2008. Currently, the company employs 1,720 people, including 320 in Gliwice.
Sources
30 July 2016: Onet
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Newag, Relocation in Poland, factsheet number 88367, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88367.
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