Economy telecommunications Company Proximus confirms that the next three years to 1900 jobs are threatened. In addition, there are 1.250 recruitment planned. By 2022, the company wants an additional saving of 240 million euro. “We have no other choice,” says CEO Dominique Leroy. The trade unions react shocked at the loss of jobs and have a strike notice submitted. Resigning prime minister, Charles Michel continues to oppose a naked fired by Proximus.
“Proximus must be his way of working change, to become more flexible, the skills of its employees on digital field and strengthen its cost structure to adjust to more competitive market”, it sounds in a press release.
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“We understand that all of these changes for some uncertainty in our teams, but the pace of digitisation and the disruptive market conditions leave us with no other choice,” says Leroy. “We want the transformation of Proximus accelerate to meet the challenges of the growing digital world and the future of the company.”
Savings of 240 million
The topvrouw adds that Proximus is a tradition of social dialogue and that they are counting on the social partners “to constructive discussions”. Together with the trade unions, who this morning were informed, the company wants to see how the besparingsdoelstellingen “on the most socially acceptable way” can be achieved. The company is committed to an additional gross saving of 240 million euros by 2022.
The number of deleted jobs can still change under the influence of the social dialogue. “Employees that the company would leave, will, of course, the necessary care is framed and supported”, says Proximus. What the recruitment is for, there are 750 planned “for the further expansion of the ICT-activities in the various branches” and 500 within Proximus N. V. “in the new digital domains”.
strike notice
The trade unions to respond shocked at the loss of jobs and have a strike notice submitted. “We call upon you not to cease, but when there are emotional reactions would come from employees, they are covered”, says Ben Coremans of ACV-Transcom. “We are now for formal consultation. For the workers, are the very difficult days. They have in the past always gone changes. The way this happens now is, testifies of a lack of respect,” says Coremans.
The unions board of directors has no commitments given that it is not to naked layoffs will come. “We have been promised that the social dialogue will be respected”, responds Linda Herremans of VSOA. “Our priority is now to forced redundancies as much as possible, to avoid.”
