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Turku Shipyard Workers Stage Walkout

Workers at the Turku shipyard owned by STX Europe walked off the job Wednesday in protest over planned job cuts. Around 1,600 employees left their posts and will not return before Monday.

Turun telakan väki marssi ulos puolenpäivän jälkeen vastalauseena STX:n suunnittelemille irtisanomisille.
Turun telakan väki marssi ulos puolenpäivän jälkeen vastalauseena STX:n suunnittelemille irtisanomisille. Image: YLE / Petra Ristola

On Tuesday the company announced that it may axe more than 400 jobs due to a floundering market.

"You can sense that employees are extremely disappointed by the current situation," says the shipyard's Chief Shop Steward Jari Aalto.

Negotiations with unions on layoffs and cost-cutting will most likely affect all departments at the shipyard. Around 2,300 people are employed at the STX Europe shipyard.

At the end of October, the shipyard completed the world's biggest cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas. They are now working on its sister ship, the Allure of the Seas, but after that, there is no work for the shipyard.

Sources: YLE