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"Mr President, I want to demonstrate our solidarity with Fujitsu workers in Birmingham who are threatened with redundancy. There are plans to relocate part of the Fujitsu activities to the US, and this may mean up to 140 people losing their jobs. The union involved in this case is the Communication Workers Union, and it has been admirably flexible in its dealings with Fujitsu management. The single-shift system they proposed to Fujitsu would have saved 60 jobs, yet in the final board decision on 30 June, with no prior indication from the board that a decision would be reached so quickly, alternative proposals were rejected out of hand. I would ask Fujitsu to reconsider the relocation, or at the very least to ensure that the only jobs lost are on a voluntary basis and that those who want to continue to work should be able to do so.
EU legislation clearly states that a company must conduct a consultation procedure with its employees, yet again and again employers are doing too little, too late to abide by this legislation."@en1
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