The CGT union is worried that Airbus will add job cuts to its list of cost-cutting measures, in the wake of further delays in the European plane manufacturer?s new model, the A380 super-jumbo jet. Analysts predict that the planemaker is likely to reduce short term contracts at least, as its various parent companies debate its future.
See "Union fears over Airbus job cuts", BBC News Online, September 28, 2006