HP to cut 6,000 jobs in Europe
Marcel Michelson writes for Reuters:
U.S. computer giant Hewlett-Packard will shed 6,000 jobs in Europe with more than half the cuts in France, Germany and Britain, a union official said on Friday.
"They will start informing staff in all the countries in the coming week. But the information was given to the European works council at a meeting here," said Marc-Antoine Marcantoni of the European Metal Workers Federation in Brussels.
He said some 1,250 to 1,300 jobs would go in France and 145 in Belgium.
A spokesman for HP at its headquarters in Palo Alto, California said the company had no comment. The group has a total of around 151,000 employees.
A spokesman for HP in Britain confirmed a meeting of the European works council had taken place in Brussels.
posted by Fergie @ 9/09/2005 11:27:00 AM
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