AMSTERDAM : Labour representatives at Tata Steel's Dutch operations said on Monday that the company plans to cut 1,000 jobs in the Netherlands and that the subsidiary's chairman will step down after opposing the layoffs.
A spokesman for Tata Steel Europe confirmed that Chairman Theo Henrar will leave Tata Steel Netherlands in a decision agreed by "mutual consultation." Tata Steel Europe began talks with workers in November over a "transformation programme" that would lead to 1,250 job cuts in Europe, following a decision by European Union competition regulators to block a joint venture with Germany’s Thyssenkrupp.
Tata Steel Netherlands' Central Works Council (CWC) said in a statement on Monday that Tata Steel Europe aimed to cut its Dutch