Jaguar late on Thursday reiterated that any employee at its Browns Lane car plant – slated for closure next year – “who wishes to stay with Jaguar will be able to do so”. Employees who remain will, however, have to move to a different factory outside Coventry.
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“Those who leave will do so voluntarily and with very generous severance terms. Those employees who transfer to Castle Bromwich [in Birmingham] or Aston Martin [Gaydon] will receive unprecedented levels of assistance,” the Ford luxury car unit said in a statement.
Jaguar confirmed that unions have advised their intention to hold a strike ballot and stressed it would be conducted only amongst Browns Lane employees.
“We sincerely hope that strike action will not be the case; this will not be in the interests of Jaguar, its employees or our customers. Strike action will only make the business recovery more difficult,” Jaguar said.
In an apparent response to a union claim that Jaguar had “finally” agreed to a meeting between their leadership and the car maker’s management, Jaguar said: “Since September 17 we have extended several invitations to the unions to meet – both verbally and in writing – in order to listen to their thoughts and discuss the way forward. We are pleased to report that this offer has now been accepted and a meeting has been arranged for December 3.
“We remain committed to consultation with the unions on an ongoing basis as we work our way through a very difficult period for Jaguar.”
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