October 18, 2006
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM IN WAR...:
Initial Airbus cuts aimed at German staffing, operations (The Associated Press, 10/18/06)
The European aircraft maker said it would not renew contracts with employment agencies supplying about 1,000 of its 7,300 temporary workers in Germany.It also announced a raft of measures for its regular staff in Germany, including cutting work schedules to as little as 28 hours a week for some employees — though without reducing their pay.
The workers will be expected to make up the hours later, when orders are healthier.
The measures will affect all seven Airbus facilities in Germany and are covered by a 2003 agreement with labor representatives, the company said. [...]
However, the 2003 agreement with German labor unions rules out firing any regular staff in Germany until 2012.
Bismarck wouldn't take that lying down. Posted by Orrin Judd at October 18, 2006 8:35 AM
Maybe they can't fire anyone for six more years, but what about paying them? Anything in the contract about where the money to pay them will come from? What a farce. BTW - Is this the fourth, fifth or sixth Reich they're in now?
Posted by: erp at October 18, 2006 8:17 PMI forgot to mention in the older Airbus thread that the Russians now own 5% of EADS and want 2 seats on the board. So far, the Euros have said no. But they can't resist forever. Perhaps the Russian mob can fix the problems with the A380.
But they can't design a new A350.
Posted by: jim hamlen at October 18, 2006 11:16 PM