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The EMF expresses support for the OS Kovo workers at the AEES plant in Stříbro (Czech Republic), who are faced with a sudden and unexpected management decision to close the plant and transfer production to Romania following Alcoa’s sale of the business to Platinum Equity (PE).
The EMF has been informed that 613 employees will lose their jobs by the end of September and the remaining 120 employees by the end of the year despite previous verbal assurances to the Alcoa EWC that no closure was planned.
This is certainly very poor behaviour on the part of PE and the parent company Alcoa. The EMF therefore fully supports OS Kovo’s call for a suspension of the decision until such time as proper consultation has taken place with the interim works council (composed of former AEES members of the Alcoa EWC). This information and consultation procedure would be line with the provisions of the Alcoa EWC agreement, which management had confirmed would continue to be respected until a PE EWC came into being.
The EMF will draw attention to this case and call and ask affiliates to send messages of support for your protest action.
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