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
241 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Car manufacturer Vauxhall has announced plans to cut more jobs from its site at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The site which has already suffered job cuts in 2017 (400 jobs lost) and 2018 (250 jobs lost), will lose another 241 staff from the total headcount of around 900. Vauxhall have said that the cuts are a response to falling sales figures and are not motivated by the uncertainty around the UK's imminent departure from the EU. The cuts will take place during 2019, though no precise timetable has yet been reported. Vauxhall have commented that they hope to achieve the reductions via voluntary means, and there may be possibilities for some staff to relocate to the plant in Luton. A spokesperson for the Unite union called on Vauxhall to guarantee that there will be no compulsory redundancies.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Vauxhall, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 96206, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96206.
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