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Unions push government on ArcelorMittal, New CNS
The OGBL and the LCGB have urged Prime Minister Luc Frieden to call a tripartite meeting following the announcement that ArcelorMittal’s European restructuring could relocate up to 1,050 jobs from the country.
According to ArcelorMittal management, a feasibility study is currently underway. In response, the Independent Luxembourg Trade Union Confederation (OGBL) and the Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (LCGB) have sent a letter – dated 5 February and reviewed by RTL – to Prime Minister Frieden. In it, the unions urge him to organise a tripartite meeting dedicated to the steel industry.
While the current Lux2030 agreement, which defines the group’s strategic direction, has been extended until 31 March, the unions are calling for greater transparency regarding the company’s future plans. They insist that the Prime Minister take personal charge of the matter in order to safeguard affected jobs and preserve Luxembourg’s steel industry.
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- Luxembourg’s largest trade unions have stated that the past two years have been largely wasted in terms of labour policy, warning in a letter to Luc Frieden, that key national and European dossiers remain stalled.
- Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri will take the stand today in a landmark trial that could determine whether social media giants knowingly enticed children onto their platforms for profit.
- French lawmakers have urged for longer paid parental leave and more financial support, to make it easier for people to have more children, after deaths exceeded births last year for the first time in decades.
- The Asset Recovery Office is organising an auction of 180 high-end watches, confiscated via money laundering operations, on 21 st March at the Mondorf casino, with proceeds donated to a fund that tackles crime.
- Canada was reeling after a mass shooting targeting a school in a remote mining town, with nine people gunned down in one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s history.
- Canada has been left reeling after a mass shooting targeting a school in Tumbler Ridge, a remote mining town in British Columbia, with nine people gunned down in one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s history.
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Luxembourg Airport to undergo €1 billion upgrade
- Growth at Findel shows no signs of slowing: Last year, 5.3 million passengers travelled via Luxembourg Airport, and that record is expected to be broken again this year. Over the next six years, not only the passenger terminal but much of the site is set to undergo significant modernisation.
- On the site where operations began in 1946, a new terminal for VIP and private aviation could be completed by 2029. These investments are intended to ensure that Luxembourg continues to play a central role in passenger and cargo transport within the Greater Region.
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