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| Workers at Honda's Swindon plant have voted in favour of taking a 3% pay cut for 10 months in an attempt to safeguard 490 jobs. | |
| In return, the workers will receive a bonus of six additional days' leave, Unite the union said. Managers' pay will be cut by 5%. | In return, the workers will receive a bonus of six additional days' leave, Unite the union said. Managers' pay will be cut by 5%. |
| Of those balloted, 89% voted for a cut after the plant closed for four months. | Of those balloted, 89% voted for a cut after the plant closed for four months. |
| They were asked to take a salary reduction after too few staff took up the offer of voluntary redundancy. | |
| The plant has been shut for four months because of a fall in demand for new cars. It is due to reopen next month. | |
| Jim D'Avila, regional officer for Unite, said the workers at Honda were standing together in "true solidarity in difficult times to protect hundreds of jobs". | |
| The slump in car production was underlined earlier by industry figures which said the number of cars made in the UK halved in April. | |
| Carmakers are pinning their hopes on the government's car scrappage scheme, which started earlier this month. |