Steel Gerlafingen: Trade unions call for political intervention
Published: Wednesday, Mar 27th 2024, 16:20
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Following Stahl Gerlafingen's decision to close a production line, the trade unions are calling for political intervention. Syna, Unia and the Kaufmännischer Verband have called for a Swiss industrial policy to be drawn up.
The aim is to show ways in which the socio-ecological restructuring of the Swiss industrial sectors can be shaped, as the trade unions wrote in a statement on Wednesday. Stahl Gerlafingen is one of two remaining steelworks in Switzerland that produces recycled steel.
This will satisfy a strategic need of the local economy. Domestic, relatively low-CO2 steel production is key to supplying Swiss companies, the trade unions wrote: "This is why the decisions surrounding this company are also of overriding industrial policy importance."
The aim of Syna, Unia and the Kaufmännischer Verband in the upcoming consultation process is to preserve jobs in Gerlafingen. "Based on the information available, it is only partially clear why production capacities are to be reduced."
Die Gewerkschaften fordern von der Geschäftsleitung eine Verlängerung der Konsultationsfrist, um genügend Zeit für die Erarbeitung einer tragfähigen Lösung zu haben. Darüber hinaus müssen Stahl Gerlafingen und die italienische Muttergesellschaft Beltrame Group alle notwendigen Informationen zur Verfügung stellen.
Stahl Gerlafingen hatte zuvor die Schliessung des Walzwerkes für Profile angekündigt. Damit droht der Verlust von 95 Arbeitsplätzen.
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