Finish of conventional enterprise
The Union requires a social plan for 65 workers
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Salzburg Chocolate was identified, amongst different issues, for the “Actual Salzburger Mozartkugeln”. The manufacturing unit in Grödig is now being closed.
Revealed: June 10, 2024 5:09 pm
Up to date: June 10, 2024 5:24 pm
Salzburg Chocolate is closing and the manufacturing unit in Grödig is now closing, it was introduced on Monday. The union is demanding a social plan for the 65 workers.
from: SALZBURG24 (mon)
The normal Salzburg firm Salzburg Chocolate is closing its manufacturing unit in Grödig (Flachgau) on the finish of the yr. The corporate filed for chapter in 2021. A short while later, “KEX Confectionery” took over the enterprise round Julius Meinl V. Nonetheless, the brand new possession group “couldn’t discover a resolution to completely guarantee manufacturing in Grödig,” they report “Salzburger Nachrichten” (SN) Monday. Staff, suppliers and main clients have been knowledgeable of the transfer on the identical day.
The group gained notoriety after an identical rescue operation: In 2013, the Swedish bomb producer Niemetz’s hometown was about to shut. KEX took over the corporate, renovated it and ultimately even expanded manufacturing. A majority on the time accepted the restructuring plan submitted for Salzburg Chocolate. He envisioned a 100% quota for collectors inside three years. Nonetheless, a part of the manufacturing was shut down in December 2022 and 25 workers have been reported to have been laid off. The explanations cited have been the steeply rising prices for uncooked supplies, packaging supplies, transport and, above all, vitality.
65 workers affected by closure in Grödig
We at the moment are working with the AMS on an answer for continued employment for the 65 workers. The state supervisor of the PRO-GE union, Daniel Mühlberger, sees the fault of the corporate. “Sadly, now we have not been capable of safe the location by means of acceptable investments and modernization measures during the last twenty years,” he stated in a press launch on Monday. He’s now demanding an “acceptable social plan for workers”.
(Supply: SALZBURG24/APA)