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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Nearly 200 workers employed by Tube Lines contractor ISS face being laid off. The company has announced that it was 'refocusing resources' for station cleaning. Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) general secretary Bob Crow said workers were 'stunned and furious' when they were told their jobs may be cut. Mayor of London Mr Livingstone said Tube Line's contract made it responsible for cleanliness on the Tube. He said: 'I do not see how they can maintain standards of cleanliness by cutting staff. Given the profits that the infrastructure companies enjoy, there is no case for reducing these cleaning posts.'
Sources
5 January 2007: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2007), ISS, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 64698, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64698.
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