Nestle is shutting down its Romanian plant by the end of May 2019 and this means that the current 388 workers will lose their jobs. The workers that will lose their jobs are angry with the companies’ management that refuses to give them the same kind of severance package that workers in other European countries receive when Nestle plants are closed down. The protesting workers are supported by the International Union of Food, Agriculture, Hotels, Restaurants, Catering and Tobacco Workers (IUF) that invited Nestle for an emergency meeting to discuss the topic of a general procedure for severance payment throughout Europe.
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