Friday, July 14, 2006
Ellesmere Port workers to go voluntarily
Vauxhall will not have to make any compulsory redundancies at Ellesmere Port after close to a third of the plant’s employees volunteered to leave their posts.
The car maker announced it would have to cut about 900 of the 3,000 strong workforce at its factory in May.
In the end, 911 workers signed up for voluntary redundancy by this week's deadline. That is more than the 879 workers needed. In a staggered programme of lay-offs, the first group will leave on Friday. The plant will now operate on a two-shift pattern instead of three.
DATED: 14.07.06
FEED: MT
The car maker announced it would have to cut about 900 of the 3,000 strong workforce at its factory in May.
In the end, 911 workers signed up for voluntary redundancy by this week's deadline. That is more than the 879 workers needed. In a staggered programme of lay-offs, the first group will leave on Friday. The plant will now operate on a two-shift pattern instead of three.
DATED: 14.07.06
FEED: MT
