After dizzying growth, Big Tech giants are starting to tighten their belts. And to reduce costs. It also saves labor thanks to the advancement of artificial intelligence. In detail, the Silicon Valley giant laid off hundreds of employees in its engineering and hardware division, as well as employees working on the “Google Assistant” voice assistant. […]
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Wartsila says no, extension of shock absorbers will fail: 300 workers at risk
Cold shower for Wartsila workers. In fact, the company rejected mediation proposed by institutions agreed upon by all other parties, effectively stalling the agreement to expand the social safety net. In this way, it is possible that the Finnish multinational company may decide to open the collective dismissal procedure provided for by Law No. 234. […]
Volkswagen’s electric car does not work: layoffs are approaching
Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer admits the difficulties Europe’s leading automotive group faces in the transition to electric cars, telling union representatives, “We are no longer competitive.” “The situation is critical – he clearly underlines – We cannot move forward without significant cuts. We must address critical issues, including in personnel”. Layoffs are imminent because the […]
Gucci leaves Rome to move to Milan, where workers face the specter of layoffs
Gucci leaves Rome and moves to Milan. The well-known luxury fashion house announced the relocation of its style office to the Lombard capital, the only operational center in the capital. This is the creative heart of the company, where designers and seamstresses work. Fourteen years ago he was transferred from Florence, where his production center […]
Gucci leaves Rome and moves to Milan. Risk of dismissal for workers
Gucci leaves Rome and moves to Milan. The well-known luxury fashion house announced the relocation of its style office to the Lombard capital, the only operational center in the capital. This is the creative heart of the company, where designers and seamstresses work. Fourteen years ago, it moved from Florence, where its production center was […]
He was fired for reporting “cunning” people: The company was ordered to pay compensation to the worker
An ordeal that lasted five years and finally came to an end. This is the story of Adriano Michele De Gasperis, a 54-year-old ATM worker who was fired three times by the company after reporting scams on cloned tickets, and was reinstated all three times. Milan Court found the measures and sanctions against the employee […]
Old Gkn, the layoff nightmare returns: the date has arrived
A new, tenth, freezing downpour for the 185 workers of the former Gkn in Campi Bisenzio in the province of Florence. While waiting for the plant’s reindustrialization plan to be analyzed by government technicians, employees received the much-dreaded official notification: layoffs will begin for everyone starting next January 1. Layoffs begin at Old Gkn News […]
Interview So Italy says goodbye to the car industry and thousands of jobs Gianmarco Giorda explains: “There was a lack of industrial policy, now there is a lot to be done and it needs to be done as soon as possible, otherwise we risk losing parts of the sector.” Anfia) to Today.it. However, as the stories of many companies operating in the automotive industry tell us, durability is possible.
Gone are the golden years when Fiat produced 2 million cars a year: today the Italian multinational Stellantis produces less than 500 thousand, 800 thousand if we take commercial vehicles into account. The Italian automotive industry, once the flagship of the Italian industry, drives at night with the headlights off, while Germany, Spain and France […]
Company that closed the factory and left 230 workers at home: “Absurd and unacceptable”
Marelli closes the Crevalcore plant. The factory, which employs 230 workers, will end production in January 2024. Unions across the group have called for an eight-hour strike for Friday. The plant at Crevalcore in the province of Bologna was the only one of eleven Marelli factories in Italy that “did not have a clear production […]
Overview From Stellantis to Vodafone, here are all the companies that will be laid off this year. But Commission assures “Block economy is resilient”
Thousands of people will lose their jobs this year, with major EU-based and European-based companies already agreeing to massive layoffs. Dutch Stellantis, once heir to our Fiat, made a deal with unions to lay off 2,000 workers. Another car company, Sweden’s Volvo, has laid off 1,300 jobs in the Baltic country, which is 6% of […]