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| Airbus 'wants to shed 250 jobs' | Airbus 'wants to shed 250 jobs' |
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| Unions at the Airbus factory in north Wales say they have been told that the company wants to shed 250 jobs. | Unions at the Airbus factory in north Wales say they have been told that the company wants to shed 250 jobs. |
| Officials have been meeting management at the Broughton factory in Flintshire, which employs just over 6,000 people, to discuss staff levels | |
| They say the company has said it hopes most, if not all the cuts, can be through voluntary redundancies. | They say the company has said it hopes most, if not all the cuts, can be through voluntary redundancies. |
| Most are expected to involve agency workers at the site. Airbus has still to issue a statement on it its plans. | Most are expected to involve agency workers at the site. Airbus has still to issue a statement on it its plans. |
| The unions have been told the redundancies result from, a downturn in orders, particular for the Hawker Business Jet. | The unions have been told the redundancies result from, a downturn in orders, particular for the Hawker Business Jet. |
| A union spokesman said the factory is now making only half the orders it had anticipated for the Hawker jet. | A union spokesman said the factory is now making only half the orders it had anticipated for the Hawker jet. |
| There are 1,400 temporary workers on the site. We will not allow these workers to be sacrificed Bernie Hamilton, Unite | |
| The unions said they were disappointed and would continue to talk with the company to try to minimise job losses. | |
| Unite's national officer Bernie Hamilton said: "This is the latest indication of how the global downturn is affecting the world economy." | |
| Unite is demanding that Airbus does everything possible to avoid compulsory cuts for permanent and agency staff. | |
| He added: "Airbus must keep to their commitments, agreed after 9/11, which mean that, before the company considers compulsory redundancies, they must first bring outsourced work in-house, reduce overtime to a minimum and seek volunteers from the entire workforce. | |
| "There are 1,400 temporary workers on the site. We will not allow these workers to be sacrificed." | |
| North-east Wales has been badly hit by the recession in recent months, with jobs being axed by Corus at Shotton and by Toyota on Deeside. |