Monday, 27 January 2014

Ford workers set for strike action over job and pensions row

Putting on the brakes: Ford workers 
More than 5,000 Ford workers are to be balloted for strike action in a row over job security and pensions.

Members of Unite and the GMB based at sites including Halewood on Merseyside, Dagenham in Essex and Bridgend in South Wales will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action.

Unite said workers were demanding the same job security as counterparts in other EU countries, as well as improvements in their pension scheme.

National officer Roger Maddison said: “Ford workers in the UK always find themselves on the front line when the company wants to axe staff.”

In 2012, Ford announced it was ending Transit production at its plant in Southampton and closing its stamping and tooling facility in Dagenham with the loss of 1,500 jobs. Read more..


From Mirror News

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