Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Local Bavarian newspaper Nordbayerischer Kurier announced to cut 50 out of 255 jobs in Bayreuth by mid-2017. Affected are jobs in administration, pre-print and editing as well as further branch offices.
Since June 2016, the newspaper is a subsidiary of Südwestdeutsche Medienholding (SWMH).
The announcement had first been made in December 2016 but at this time the number of job cuts was not specified. In February 2017 already two rounds of negotiations between the works’ council, the United Services Union and the management of SWMH and the Nordbayerischer Kurier had taken place. According to the chairman of the works’ council, management insists on the 50 job cuts. Furthermore, due to the unsuccessful negotiations the United Services Union undertook a full day warning strike. Further negotiations are planned for the end of March.
The newspaper has a daily circulation of around 40,000 copies.
Eurofound (2017), Nordbayerischer Kurier, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 90347, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90347.
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