Airbus Lay-offs: An estimated loss of 15000 jobs is being expected worldwide

"It's going to be a mighty battle to save jobs," said Francoise Vallin of the CFE-CGC union.

Airbus on Tuesday unveiled plans to shed around 15,000 jobs including 900 already earmarked in Germany, saying its future was at stake after the coronavirus pandemic rocked the aviation industry.

Europe's biggest aerospace group said it might cut some 5,000 posts in France, 5,100 in Germany, 900 in Spain, 1,700 within the UK and 1,300 elsewhere for a core total of 14,000.

Additionally, the corporate has already agreed to chop 900 jobs at its Premium AEROTEC unit in Germany.

The move is subject to talks with unions which immediately renewed pledges to oppose compulsory redundancies. Airbus has refused to rule them out because it seeks voluntary departures, early retirements and long-term partial employment schemes.

Airbus said it wanted a deal on the work cuts by 2021

 

source: france24.com