Royal Air Force (RAF)

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
West Midlands (England); Shropshire and Staffordshire; Staffordshire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Stafford
Sector
Public Administration / Defence
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84.2 - Provision of services to the community as a whole
84.22 - Defence activities
500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
12 July 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 March 2007

Description

Workers at a former RAF base in Stafford are to hold a demonstration to save 500 civilians jobs at the site. The Army's 570-strong 22 Signals Regiment officially took over the base earlier in July 2006. It will become operational at the site in April 2007. But 500 civilian staff will be made redundant when the storage and distribution centre shuts next year.

Sources

  • 12 July 2006: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Royal Air Force (RAF), Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63778, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63778.