BERLIN: Siemens employees protested in various German cities on Friday against the company’s proposal to cut 6,900 jobs, which a senior Siemens official said could be revised after negotiations with the union. Siemens said on Thursday it wanted to cut about 6,900 jobs, or close to 2 percent of its global workforce. German industrial conglomerate Siemens said it would slash around 6,900 jobs worldwide, hundreds of them in Germany. Siemens’ human resources chief on Friday said it could modify its plans after talking with the union. “We will fight for our work,” said Tanja Scorrano, who has among the protesters, having worked for Siemens in Offenbach for 27 years.

Source: New Strait Times November 18, 2017 03:45 UTC