Due to the very poor business prospects, the management of Fibrant announced at the end of November a major reorganization.
In total 31 jobs will be lost, employees and hires. Discussions have since taken place with the employees directly involved and a request for advice (in 2 parts) has been submitted to the Works Council.
A meeting was held on 15 December between the trade unions, the Works Council and the employer, during which the proposed measures and in particular the manner of implementation were critically discussed. A follow-up meeting is scheduled on 11 January.
Synergo is intensively involved in the discussions and negotiations, both through our representation in the works council and through our CAO negotiator. We work together with the other trade unions. Where other unions are more focused on the consequences for the production organization, Synergo specifically focusus on the professionals in “the Urmond part” of the organization.
In the CAO negotiations, Synergo has put a lot of effort to maintain the social plan as part of the Fibrant collective labor agreement. Now it becomes clear how important this commitment has been.
This underlines the importance of membership of a trade union such as Synergo and of a Synergo representation in the Works Council.