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Papenburg (dpa / lni) - At the ailing cruise ship builder Meyer-Werft on the Ems, the management, works council and IG Metall have agreed on short-time work until the end of June.
The agreement is in principle, details should be tied down next Monday and communicated to the workforce.
Both sides said this in Papenburg on Friday upon request and confirmed corresponding media reports.
Officially, short-time work at the shipyard only runs until the end of January, it must be re-registered.
But there was already a letter of intent in November to extend it until the end of June.
At the same time, there should be no redundancies for operational reasons.
The discussion atmosphere at the family-run traditional shipyard is currently considered poisoned.
The employee side does not want to negotiate about the future until 2025 as long as the management threatens to cut jobs.
Instead, Meyer should limit the work of contractors, the works council demands.
However, the shipyard has to save costs and capacities because the colorful ocean liners are currently not needed in the corona pandemic.
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Including the subsidiaries, Meyer employs around 4500 people at the Papenburg site.
According to management plans, up to 1,800 jobs could be on the brink.
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