the ship engine and power plant manufacturer Wärtsilä has received in September, started co-operation negotiations concluded today. Finland will be reduced a total 92 in a permanent employment relationship are the person.

the layoffs of 75 against Vaasa, 5 Turku and 12 in Helsinki.

– Is the staff extremely heavy, that the challenging market situation, therefore, has been necessary to evaluate the structure and organization design. Unfortunately, it leads to a 92-person reduction, said Wärtsilä finland’s ceo Vesa Riihimäki .

the total number of 66 people is Energy-business of lift and the 26 Marine business function as well as support functions. A significant part of the Energy business of the personnel working at Vaasa.

the Senior staff steward Ralf Holmlund told me, that the negotiations were conducted in good spirit, but bad they were.

Yes, it is really sad mood. A big group of people in front of a bad mind.

staff steward Ralf Holmlund I hope that the adjustment measures were now here. Yle/Johanna Ventus

Holmlund hope that these adjustment measures now would be sufficient, even if the company two weeks ago announced in July-September profit plunged. Ceo not going to anticipate things.

Now we have this moment the outcome of the negotiations here. It is difficult to predict what the situation will develop in the future and currently, the entire organisation is working hard for it that we were able to get business from the global market, Riihimäki notes.

originally decrease the need for it was considered worldwide, approximately 350 jobs in Finland and up to 200 jobs.

Wärtsilä has operations in 70 countries. The company employed at the end of October in Finland, approximately 3 900 people. These Vaasa is 3037, Turku 377 and Helsinki, 491.

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