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Hanover / Papenburg (dpa) - The Green politician Meta Janssen-Kucz has accused the state government of having approved the ailing cruise ship builder Meyer-Werft, despite the planned job cuts, for additional work for contract employees.
"From my point of view, it is incompatible on the one hand to send the permanent workforce on short-time and on the other hand to let external employees work longer," said the Greens spokeswoman for ports and shipping on Sunday.
At Meyer-Werft an der Ems, the management, works council and IG Metall had agreed on short-time work until the end of June.
Including the subsidiaries, Meyer employs around 4,500 people at the Papenburg site.
According to management plans, up to 1,800 jobs could be on the brink.
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 restrict the work of contractors, the works council demanded.
However, the shipyard must save costs and capacities because the ocean liner cruise ships are currently not needed in the corona pandemic.
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From the point of view of the Greens in the Lower Saxony state parliament, the state government must keep an eye on securing jobs, especially the permanent workforce, when discussing state aid for the ailing shipyard.
“There is a savings program in the amount of 1.3 billion euros and extensive job cuts of 600, 900 or 1,800 employees,” said Janssen-Kucz.
"At the same time, Meyer-Werft has until recently submitted and approved applications for overtime and Sunday work from the Ministry of Social Affairs for employees with work contracts."
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