Continental Tyre SA (CTSA) het aangekondig dat hulle die vervaardiging van landbou- en ondergrondse myn-bande gaan staak. Die bande is in Port Elizabeth vervaardig en sowat 170 werknemers staar afdanking in die gesig. Die vervaardiger meld dat die bande in die toekoms buite Suid Afrika vervaardig sal word wat volgens kenners veroorsaak is deur die..
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Continental Bande onttrek uit SA, 170 werknemers staar afleggings in die gesig
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Declining economy of SA is forcing Continental Tyre SA to commence with retrenchment process , closing down a PE unit, production relocated outside of South Africa
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A total of 170 jobs are on the line at Continental Tyre SA, which is shutting down its underground mining tyres and agricultural tyres production unit in Port Elizabeth and moving production out of SA.
This comes on top of a rash of liquidations – and accompanying job losses – in the Bay since 2017, with an average of three companies a month being forced to apply for liquidation since then.
In what trade union Solidarity described on Tuesday as a crippling blow, Continental issued 170 employees – in both the affected manufacturing unit and its sales organisation – with a Section 189A notice on June 7.
The notice essentially initiates an employee consultative process which could see the company cut 170 jobs.
The closure of the unit was confirmed on Tuesday by the international company’s facility in Port Elizabeth, which said its passenger light truck (PLT) tyre production would continue its operations.
“The decision was
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