On 1 July 2024, the OGBL and LCGB were informed by the management of John Zink and KochES of the group’s intention to implement a redundancy plan involving the dismissal of 13 people in Luxembourg.  John Zink had already made fifty employees redundant in 2017.

With the reorganization of the finance and IT departments, the companies belonging to the Koch group want to cut costs at all costs.

At the meeting, the OGBL and the LCGB strongly criticized the decision to impose a redundancy plan with outright dismissals instead of negotiating a job retention plan.

It is possible for the Koch group to find other jobs for the people concerned, either internally or in Luxembourg! We must use all the means at our disposal as part of a job retention plan!

A first meeting with the management is scheduled for the 3^rd of July 2024, where the management is expected to present its plan for economic redundancies.

The unions, strongly supported by the John Zink workers’ delegation, will do everything in their power to protect the jobs and livelihoods of the affected workers and their families!

John Zink and KochES, world leaders in the supply of equipment to the petrochemical industry, currently employ 228 people at the Dudelange site.

Communicated by the OGBL and the LCGB,
July 2^nd, 2024