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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13.30 - Finishing of textiles
61 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
13 March 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Textile manufacturer Miroglio Textile is to cut 61 out of 260 jobs at the Govone plant. Investments in labour-saving technologies have been recently made in the plant, where textile printing activities take place.
The company has already made recourse to social shock absorbers due to a persistent drop in sales in the textile market registered over the last years. On 3 March, in the frame of negotiations for the renewal of short-time work schemes, the management reached an agreement with unions entailing early retirements and relocation for up to 61 employees.
Rumours on job cuts already spread in late 2016, when the company arranged outplacement services for its staff, with a view to tackling 'possible forthcoming dismissals'.
For previous restructuring concerning the group activities in Italy, see MiroglioIT-2008.
Sources
22 September 2016: Gazzetta d'Alba
5 March 2017: Gazzetta d'Alba
5 March 2017: La Stampa
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Miroglio Textile, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 90509, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90509.
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