BRUSSELS FINALISES SPANISH AUTO WORKER RETRAINING PACKAGE
June 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LAID off auto workers in Spain are to receive assistance from the European Union (EU) after administrative problems holding up the handout appear to have been resolved.
The European Commission announced today (June 22) it had paid Euro 2.7 million from the European Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF) to Spain. This money will help 588 workers made redundant. Some worked at the US-owned Lear Corporation and Nachi group - who have bases in Castilla y León, and who were expected to receive assistance. However, money will also go to three companies ...
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