Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, November 07, 2014

SNC-Lavalin Layoffs To Hit 4,000 Employees, Or 9% Of Total

MONTREAL -- SNC-Lavalin says it will reduce the company's global workforce by 4,000, or nine per cent of the total, over an 18-month period starting in 2015.

The Montreal-based engineering and construction company (TSX:SNC) says the job cuts are part of its ongoing efforts to get out of underperforming business segments.

About three-quarters of the downsizing will be directed at SNC's activities outside of Canada.

SNC-Lavalin is one of the world's leading engineering and construction group, with offices in more than 50 countries and about 45,000 employees worldwide serving a variety of industries.

The company has been working for several years to overcome the impact of alleged corruption among some of its former senior executives.

The downsizing was announced with SNC's third-quarter financial results, which showed an overall profit due to its investments in major infrastructure businesses and a reduced loss from engineering and construction activities.

Net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 was about $69 million or 45 cents -- compared with a loss of $72.5 million or 48 cents per share in the third quarter of 2013.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author:  CP | By Ross Marowits

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