Trade unions drop plans to strike against TDI producer Zachem

09 July 2010 17:33  [Source: ICIS news]

PRAGUE (ICIS news)--Trade unions have dropped plans for imminent strike action at sole Polish toluene di-isocyanate (TDI) producer Zachem, the unions and the company’s management said in a joint statement on Friday.

“The employer and the unions believe there is sufficient potential to solve all the problems by way of a responsible partnership,” the statement read.

The unions object to a Zachem restructuring plan which it believed would reduce the workforce of 1,100 by as many as 350 employees over the next three years.

Last month, nearly two-thirds of workers at Zachem voted to strike if the company's management failed to make acceptable concessions in a dispute over the proposed job cuts.

Zachem is a subsidiary of Polish chemical group Ciech.

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