Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

850 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
5 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 May 2009

Description

Ford is to cut 850 jobs across the UK. The job losses are blamed on falling demand for commercial vans and they will affect workers in Southampton (500 staff), Essex, Northamptonshire, Merseyside and south Wales. The announced redundancies follow the company's recent decision to introduce pay cuts in order to maintain jobs. UNITE and GMB unions accused Ford of intending to use the pay cuts for redundancy compensation and did not rule out a ballot for industrial action unless the company reconsidered its plans. The losses will occur by May 2009.


Sources

  • 5 February 2009: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Ford, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68090, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68090.