Union leaders are meeting Department of Trade and Industry officials to try to secure the long term future of Peugeot’s site at Ryton, near Coventry, the BBC said.
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The meeting reportedly comes after a financial package was agreed last week for 850 workers who are to lose their jobs when a third shift is axed – the cuts have been blamed on rising competition in the small car sector and a dip in sales of Peugeot’s 206 model.
Daily shifts at Ryton are to be reduced from three to two in the summer, the BBC noted.
Roger Maddison, national officer for the Amicus union is one of the delegation visiting Parliament on Tuesday.
He told the BBC: “When we speak to the Department of Trade and Industry we will say to them we might need to come back to you for support to talk to the French managers to secure the long-term future the Ryton plant so desperately needs.”
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By GlobalDataThe BBC added that, when Peugeot announced the job losses, it said it hoped to cut jobs through voluntary redundancies, early retirement and redeployment of staff at other Peugeot sites.
