Fiat / To slash 1,500 jobs in Poland

Italian carmaker Fiat said Friday it would slash 1,500 jobs in a plant in Poland due to falling demand for small cars in the European market.

Output in Tychy, southern Poland, was projected to fall below 300,000 vehicles next year, down from 600,000 in 2009, Fiat said in a statement.

The company summoned Polish unions and told them “that the significant reduction in production volumes necessitated scaling back activity.”

“These organizational changes will result in some 1,500 redundancies,” Fiat said.

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