Dealing with a 30% drop in production since 2006 at its bottled water plant in Vittel, France, Nestlé is taking steps to shed a further 250 employees from the plant. These layoffs, or voluntary retirements, are further indication that the company's bottled water division is in trouble in Europe.
Dropping sales across Europe as well as in Canada and the United States are resulting in lower production and unfortunately, layoffs. It is difficult to reconcile job losses wherever they occur, however, job losses in the bottled water sector are indicative just how important it is for governments to start emphasizing green jobs solutions.
People will continue to turn away from bottled water and other products that are bad for the environment. An unfortunate consequence of this will be the loss of jobs in these sectors. With many of the West's public water systems crumbling, there could be many employment opportunities for these workers if our governments had the will to reinvest in our public water systems.
Nestle Waters Vosges new voluntary departure plan to affect 250 jobs
November 24, 2009
French News Digest
(ADPnews) - Nov 24, 2009 - Nestlé Waters Vosges, the French arm of Swiss water bottling company Nestle Waters, told on Monday the works council that it would launch a voluntary departure plan, involving 250 people
The new plan, which will run over a two-year period, follows a previous one for the period 2008 to 2011, which envisaged 350 voluntary departures. The company said that decision was due to the decline of the bottled water market. No lay-offs are planned.
Nestle Waters Vosges markets mineral waters under the brand Vittel and Contrex.
The output of the Vosges region site, in northeastern France, has been falling since 2006, to the current 1.2 billion bottles from 1.6 billion bottles.
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