The Meals Company lays off virtually all of its employees – “We’re dismayed” – 2024-06-04 06:41:35

“Regardless of the changes, we’ll in any case make sure the continuity of actions which are vital for society,” mentioned Director Basic of the Meals Company Leena Räsänen within the company’s press launch revealed in April. STUDIO KARI LIKONEN OY, Meals Company

An settlement was not reached within the yt negotiations of the Meals Company that began on April 11, informs Juko ry. Consequently, the company is shedding 93 workers and plans to furlough virtually all of its employees, 915 workers, for 2 weeks.

The aim of the choices made within the negotiations is to adapt the company’s funds to the out there appropriations each this 12 months and in 2025-2028. The Meals Company introduced in April that financial savings of round 4.4 million euros have to be discovered for the 12 months 2024.

Juko ry, the general public sector educated negotiation group, Ammattilitto Professional and JHL’s chief store stewards criticize the deliberate measures as disproportionate, as a result of in response to the unions, even earlier than the beginning of the negotiations, the company has already achieved financial savings of 5.6 million euros in personnel prices for the present 12 months.

– This exceeds the 4.4 million euro aim of the negotiation proposal. Nevertheless, the company nonetheless sees the necessity to lay off its employees. We’re dismayed by this view, criticized the chief store stewards who negotiated.

Nonetheless purchases for expertise growth

Criticism of the unions is spurred by the Meals Company’s causes for nonetheless growing its IT companies with the assistance of exterior labor.

This can value an estimated 32 million euros, estimates Juko’s negotiating chief store steward I met Lyytikäinen.

– It’s extremely questionable that buying companies are financed by redundancies and layoffs, JHL’s chief steward Katri Klingberg roars within the bulletin.

In response to the representatives of human useful resource managers, layoffs and layoffs might be prevented by introducing structural cost-saving measures akin to the event of paid actions.

The Meals Company promotes, supervises and investigates meals security and high quality, animal well being and well-being, plant well being, and fertilizer merchandise, feed, plant safety brokers and propagating supplies utilized in agricultural and forestry manufacturing.

The company is accountable for the usage of funds from EU agricultural assist and rural growth funds in Finland. It acts because the EU’s paying company and develops and maintains info techniques and digital transaction companies.