Jobs massacre at Ford
Ford has announced plans to close two UK plants, with unions putting estimates for the resulting job losses at around 2,000. Unite leader Len McCluskey said that union thought that 10,000 further jobs along Ford’s supply chain could also be threatened. “Ford has betrayed its workforce”, he said. “Unite is going to fight these closures. This announcement has been handled disgracefully. Only a few months ago Ford was promising staff a new transit model for Southampton in 2014.” The transit van factory in Southampton and the stamping plant in Dagenham are set for closure, with transit van...