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Vauxhall plans another 250 job cuts at Ellesmere Port | Vauxhall plans another 250 job cuts at Ellesmere Port |
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Vauxhall is cutting another 250 jobs at its Ellesmere Port car plant on top of the 400 jobs it announced in October. | Vauxhall is cutting another 250 jobs at its Ellesmere Port car plant on top of the 400 jobs it announced in October. |
The carmaker, now owned by France's PSA Group - maker of Peugeot and Citroen - said it needed to "accelerate the recovery of plant productivity". | The carmaker, now owned by France's PSA Group - maker of Peugeot and Citroen - said it needed to "accelerate the recovery of plant productivity". |
The Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire, which makes the Astra, will move staff from two production shifts to one. | |
The company told the Unite union last week that more voluntary redundancies were now needed. | |
Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, said: "This is an additional blow to a world class workforce that is one of the most efficient in the industry. PSA must provide investment guarantees on new models for Ellesmere Port as a matter of urgency. | |
"The government must play its part too and provide guarantees on frictionless trade after Brexit." | |
Vauxhall said it would conduct a statutory 45-day workforce consultation and strive to minimise the impact of the proposed job cuts. | |
The company also said it was committed to keep making the Astra at Ellesmere Port. | |
PSA has said previously that manufacturing costs at Ellesmere were higher than other plants it owned. | |
Vauxhall employs about 4,500 people in the UK, with about 1,800 at Ellesmere Port. The company also has a factory at Luton, which makes vans. | Vauxhall employs about 4,500 people in the UK, with about 1,800 at Ellesmere Port. The company also has a factory at Luton, which makes vans. |
In August last year, PSA became Europe's second-biggest carmaker after Volkswagen when it completed the purchase of Vauxhall and German brand Opel from General Motors. |
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