The Arceormittal steel manufacturer management plans to relocate to India and Poland between 200 and 400 additional positions in support functions compared to what was initially announced, said the representative of the employees of the European Council of Works (CEE) on Wednesday. After a historic steel crisis in Europe, the second world steel manufacturer announced in February that it was considering the relocation of some of its European marketing, commercial or computer activities to India, before clarifying in April to consider relocating up to 1,400 of these positions.
Although the bifurcation mentioned on April 23 was “between 1,250 and 1,400”, now “between 1,450 and 1,825 exactly (…) without any explanation,” said Jean-Luc Ruffin, secretary (CGT) of the EEC, after a meeting in the siege in Luxembourg. Contacted, management did not want to comment on these figures, indicating that I had met employee representatives “to discuss the Center for Shared Services in India.” “More information about this project can only be communicated outside until” the meetings of the works council is completed, management added in a written statement.
The body affirms that “the immediate suspension of the relocation process, which is already underway in certain sites, provided that all the necessary information has not been provided.”
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This meeting was going to be the last one, but “a new final meeting has been scheduled in the next few days, to give ECE an additional period to examine the shared information” this day, the management added. The European Committee will have to give an advisory opinion about this project on June 12, according to Jean-Luc Ruffin.
One hundred delegates of Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany and France, met in front of the headquarters in Luxembourg, to express their dissatisfaction, said the CFDT. At the same time, the Directorate of France has communicated positions of deletions of very slightly reviewed positions for the social plan on the entities of the northern part of France, with 608 positions of positions (636 above) in the support functions, but also in production, and 378 the abolition of potential jobs (against 385 previously).
Source: BFM TV
