German Airbus unions to discuss reaction to Hamburg cuts

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

BERLIN (AFP) — Workers' representatives at Airbus's Hamburg factory said on Saturday they will hold talks next week on their plan of action following the announcement of 2,300 job cuts at the site.

The Franco-German aircraft maker announced the cuts on Friday as part of its company-wide Power8 restructuring programme announced in February and involving 10,000 job cuts in Europe over the next four years.

Germany's powerful IG Metall union was expecting around 2,000 layoffs at Hamburg, the company's second-biggest factory after Toulouse, France. Talks on the cuts will form the basis of discussions on other layoffs across Germany.

"On the one hand, Airbus is looking to hire 1,000 (workers) in Germany. This is what is wrong," IG Metall spokesman Daniel Friedrich...