They said the collective work contract does not stipulate any severance payments because no one anticipated the plant would be shut down until at least 2014.
“Employees are now in the hands of Nokia’s management because the collective work contract, signed in February this year by leaders of the two unions at the Nokia plant and the management of Nokia Romania, does not stipulate the granting of any severance payments in the event of collective layoffs,” the sources said, adding the contract is valid until end-January 2014.
Nokia last week announced it was closing its manufacturing facility in Jucu by the end of 2011, citing the need to cut costs and bring efficiency to the business. The company said employees will continue to receive wages until the end of March 2012.
On Monday, Nokia representatives and unionists started negotiations on severance package for the 2,200 employees who will be made redundant.