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26 jobs shed in BAE review
Reporter: Martyn Torr
Date online: 10 September 2010
TWENTY six jobs are to go at the Chadderton site of BAE Systems as part of a review by the giant defence and aerospace business which is shedding almost 1,000 posts.
The Greengate site, which employs around 300 people, currently support a number of aircraft for the Royal Air Force.
In February this year, 41 management jobs were cut at Chadderton because of the retirement of the RAF’s Nimrod MR2 squadron.
The company said there could be 212 job losses at Brough, in East Yorkshire, associated with a reduction in workload, mainly on the Hawk programme, 26 job losses at Chadderton, because of a reduction in workload in the large aircraft business, 55 job losses within the Harrier team at Farnborough, Hampshire, 149 job losses at Samlesbury, Lancashire and 298 job losses at Warton, Lancashire.
Unions reacted with shock to the announcement by the manufacturing giant with officials warning that the losses could be the tip of the iceberg.
The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions warned that the outcome of the forthcoming strategic defence and security review and the cuts being demanded by the Treasury mean “worrying prospects” for the defence industry.
CSEU general secretary Hugh Scullion said: “The unions will be demanding an explanation from BAE.”
Comments
Probably your comment, 'A job for life', is the reason. I've worked at a lot of places where the 'workers' think it is their right to have a job, without having to work too hard. Life aint like that any more.
Hellesbelles, I agree with you some people do have that attitude but surely not enough of the people who worked there had that atitude as to bring a big company down like Aerospace. I'm definatley of the opinion you have to work for something to get something back..........
26 more jobs to go! Yet further contracts have been awarded to BAE by the US Goverment for the Hawk Trainer and MRAP's................ nothing from the UK government!
Dear All
When i started as aapprentice in 1954 the company was booming building the Vulcan Bomber,the Avro 748,standoff bomb Blue steel,and the Shackleton the production line was one mile long and was along walk fro clocking off to the outward gate on the push bike and home,i still bump into a few guys i served in the training school with on my visits to Oldham,they where very proud days indeed.
Regards
Tony Cousins
Perth
Aust.
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When I started there as an apprentice in 88 it was a job for life. 4500 people worked there but within 8 years, massive redundancy chopped that number down. Its now barely a shell of what was once a massive company. Where has it gone wrong.
By Fitton Hill @ 11/09/2010 11:09:22