Škoda Auto sacks 1,500 temporary workers

Škoda Auto has sacked about 1,500 temporary workers since September in reaction to the global financial crisis. The biggest carmaker in the country still employs about 2,500 external workers, most of them from Slovakia and Poland. The company’s spokesman Jaroslav Černý says the number of in-house staff would remain unchanged for the time being. The company was forced to announce price-cuts last month.