The SKF factory located in Lutsk, Ukraine, became the target of a Russian missile attack on the night of August 14th. The aftermath of this devastating attack has left three employees dead and another four injured.
News of the incident reached SKF’s factory site in Gothenburg, Sweden, where flags now fly at half-mast, as a mark of respect.
In a solemn tribute, a minute’s silence was observed in honor of the fallen employees, who lost their lives in the Russian assault on the company’s western Ukrainian factory. Four more employees remain hospitalized from the injuries they sustained.
Kenneth Carlsson, the Chairman of SKF’s World Trade Union Council, emphasizes the centrality of employee well-being in this critical period, asserting, “There is nothing more important in this situation.”
Expressing his own profound dismay, he recounts how the news of the incident reached the factory floor in Gothenburg and emphasizes the interconnectedness of the global SKF family. “The first thing I did was find out that the colleagues who sit on our World Council were safe and sound,” he shares, underlining the essential unity of the organization.
