Cos In Suceava County, NE Romania, Fired 1,800 People In Dec, Jan

In December 2008, 17 companies in Suceava county submitted notifications at the territorial Labor Agency, announcing the collective layoff of 1,329 people, out of which 706 persons in the constructions sector, 77 persons in the electric installations field, 29 persons within concrete production, 11 people in wood manufacturing sector and 12 persons in furniture manufacturing field.

In January, another ten companies in Suceava County announced to sack 471 persons, out of which 245 come from a furniture factory in Suceava city, 20 in the tourism sector, while the rest of the persons used to work in wood manufacturing, gravel extraction and spirits production sectors.