Production of the Golf will leave the factory of German automaker Volkswagen in Forest for the benefit of two German sites, which will lead to the loss of two thirds of jobs, said Reinhard Jung, chairman of the board of directors of VW Forest. The unions are in shock.
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The management of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen has decided to cut around 4.000 jobs in its Brussels factory in Forest, where some 5.200 people work, we learned Tuesday from a Brussels union source After announcing "between 3.500 and 4.000 redundancies. jobs, "union officials ended up evoking the figure of 4.000, announced during the meeting of an extraordinary works council on Tuesday morning. According to them, management intends to keep around 1.500 employees, casting doubt on the eventual survival of the plant. "This is the biggest disaster we have experienced so far," said Pascal Van Cauwenberge, delegate of the Christian union CSC at Volkswagen.
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4000 employees is more than 10 000 people "affected" ... that is to say 1 Belgian in 1000 !! It's huge !