Vauxhall

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
434 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
19 October 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Union leaders said Vauxhall was looking to cut some 430 jobs from its British workforce of about 7,500 as part of plans by its parent company, General Motors, to shed up to 12,000 jobs across its loss-making European operations. 340 jobs are expected to go at the Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire and another 94 at the van manufacturing facility in Luton, according to the Transport & General Workers Union. Dave Osborne, T&G national secretary for the car industry, said: ‘Obviously we are disappointed that there are a number of jobs that General Motors plan to cut in the UK, particularly given the levels of efficiency achieved in the last year.’

Sources

  • 19 October 2004: The Guardian

Citation

Eurofound (2004), Vauxhall, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60674, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60674.