Prague transport authority announces over 300 job losses in January

The manager of Prague’s public transport authority has announced that 330 people out of its current 11,000 strong workforce will lose their jobs in January. Most of those losing their jobs are from the maintenance department, Martin Dvořák said. He added that the job losses had been agreed with unions on Friday. Lay-offs in three phases were planned but he refused to give further details. Forced redundancies were one of the points that resulted in unions threatening earlier a strike earlier this month that would have brought the tram, bus and metro system to a halt. The transport authority said in October that it envisaged sacking 500 people in 2010.