German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closure
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German unions on Thursday called for a  consumer boycott of Nokia  products to protest  against the cellphone maker's plans to close a German plant.
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German employees of European airplane maker Airbus have staged demonstrations at plants all around the country in protest against restructuring plans which they fear could lead to the loss of up to 8,000 jobs in Germany.
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Some 4,000 workers at three Volkswagen AG plants in Germany held brief work stoppages early Friday as the union launched a promised campaign of warning strikes to underline their resistance a company demand for a two-year pay freeze.
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Nokia 'astonished' Nokia has responded with astonishment to the attempt by the North Rhine-Westphalia Bank and local government to reclaim subsidies given to the mobile phone maker in 1999, claiming they invested more money and created more jobs than the subsidy demanded - even though they've now closed the factory.â¦
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German anger over plans by Nokia  (NOK1V.HE) to close a plant escalated on Friday, with the  finance minister accusing the cellphone maker of "caravan  capitalism" and others vowing to replace their Nokia phones.
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"Due to market changes and increasing requirements for cost-effectiveness, production of mobile devices in Germany is no longer feasible for Nokia"  Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will close a manufacturing plant and automotive supply unit in Bochum, Germany, and was in talks to sell a research and development unit in Bochum to Sasken ... via SanLuisObispo.com
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German anger over plans by Nokia   to close a plant escalated on Friday, with the  finance minister accusing the cellphone maker of "caravan  capitalism" and others vowing to replace their Nokia phones.
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Finnish phone firm Nokia is to cut 700 jobs globally, in a bid to make itself "more competitive".
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Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, took legal action earlier this week against two European manufacturers for allegedly infringing on technology patents and registered designs.
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OULU, Finland  - The world's top cellphone maker, Nokia , said it would consider appealing against a German court's on Tuesday decision to dismiss Nokia's case against U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm .
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Warning strikes by workers angry over planned cost cuts at Volkswagen briefly halted output at three German plants on Friday, underscoring the standoff between Europe&#39;s biggest car maker and its workforce.
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Mobile phone maker Nokia will lay off 2,300 employees at a German plant and move production to lower-cost European sites, the company announced Tuesday.Nokia plans to close the plant in Bochum, Germany, by midyear. Nokia also plans to close an automotive business there and is negotiating with Sasken Technologies to sell a Bochum-based software research and development entity, the company said in a news release.The Bochum site was not &quot;globally competitive,&quot; Nokia said. Additional investments would not make the site competitive, the company said.Nokia, based in Finland, announced last March that it was opening a manufacturing plant in Romania. The company also has a plant in Hungary.Market changes and &quot;increasing requirements for cost-effectiveness&quot; mean that &quot;production of mobile devices in Germany is no longer feasible for Nokia,&quot; Veli Sundb&#228;ck, executive vice president of Nokia, said in a statement. &quot;It cannot be operated in a way that meets the requirements for global cost efficiency and for flexible capacity growth. Therefore we have to make this tough decision.&quot;Nokia will negotiate with employee representatives to &quot;reach a satisfactory solution&quot; for everyone involved, the company said.
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2,300 layoffs Nokia is shut down its Bochum plant in Germany by mid 2008. The closure will affect at least 2,300 Nokia employees, the company said today.â¦
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Strikes are set to continue on the German rail system after staff seeking higher wages caused widespread disruption on Tuesday.
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Top mobile phone maker Nokia plans to cut hundreds of jobs in Finland and abroad as it seeks to curb research spending, but said on Tuesday it would also boost production staff at a key handset plant.
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"It is true that we support infrastructure in economically less privileged regions, also in Germany"  Anti-Nokia anger in Germany for closing a factory is growing. Besides public demonstrations several top level politicians are publicly ditching the firm's phones. via MobileMonday
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Anti-Nokia anger in Germany for closing a factory is growing with politicians publicly ditching the firm's phones and joining calls for a national boycott in Europe's largest economy.