Austrian Press Announces Omv Will Make Concessions, Especially in Petrom. the Restructuring Will Also Affect Austria, Germany, Slovakia
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Almost ten percent of the positions are under international scrutiny. The difficult oil market plays into the decision as well as the bumpy transformation of OMV into a chemical company
The energy giant OMV wants to save. 2000 employees should go, the employee representatives warn. 400 of them in Austria. The union is militant. The group remains silent – still.
The Austrian Group of Oil, Gas and Chemicals OMV intends to give up 2,000 of the 23,000 employees worldwide, reports the Austrian newspaper Kurier. Citing employees' union, the publication says that the Romanian branch of the company, Petrom, will be particularly affected, but cuts are also planned for the refining of southern Germany and Slovakia, writes Reuters, quoted by News.ro.
Tensions were high at the OMV headquarters on Trabrenstrasse in Vienna. Employee representatives called for a staff seat to discuss the cost savings and efficiency programme, writing Austrian press...
either the restructuring of the OMV Petrom is carried out with the agreement of social rights under the collective employment contract and any decisions in this regard are taken in full accordance with the legal requirements and in close consultation with the trade unions. The company made this clarification after information on the Austrian group’s intention to [...]
OMV plans to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide, affecting nearly 9 percent of the company's 23,000 employees.
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