The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
879 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 May 2006
Employment effect (start)
17 May 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006
Description
Carmaker Vauxhall has confirmed 879 job cuts at its Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire, warning the plant must further improve its productivity. The announcement was made after Vauxhall management and GM officials met union leaders at the factory. Union leader Derek Simpson (Amicus), said the decision was 'another devastating blow to the car industry and UK manufacturing in general'. The government said it would do all it could to help staff find new jobs. The 879 job cuts represent just under a third of the plant's overall 3,000-strong workforce.
Vauxhall has announced that it does not expect to need to make compulsory redundancies as 911 workers signed up for voluntary redundancy when only 879 workers will be made redundant.
Sources
17 May 2006: BBC Website
17 May 2006: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Vauxhall, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63498, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63498.
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