Zwevegem board of Management and the trade unions in the staaldraadfabrikant Bekaert will have a pre-agreement has been reached on a social plan. It shows that there is a 125-naked-dismissed-will fall 95 of the workers and 30 white-collar employees. Initially, it was feared that up to 250 job cuts would be made. “Staff will still have to vote on the pre-agreement,” says trade union leader a Eekhoutte (ABVV Metaal).
After six months, there is a pre-agreement has been reached on a social plan for the staaldraadfabrikant Bekaert, between the management and the trade unions. Initially, there was concern that the 250 job cuts would be made. In the pre-agreement it is a question of 125, the nude laid off, 95 of the workers and 30 white-collar employees. This is the first time that Bekaert naked, fired falling. In the past, have been restructuring, there will still be resolved by the people early retirement, or to send them to relocate within the company. “At the conclusion of such an agreement, it is always a matter of give and take, and we now finally have a pre-agreement was reached with the board of directors”, says a trade union leader a Eekhoutte (ABVV Metaal). “In addition to the layoffs, there are some good things in it, but we would like to discuss this with the staff in the info-meetings. After that, it will be ultimately for the staff to determine whether the agreement can be cancelled or not after an election. That would be the end of this week or early next week to see it.”
