Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines
49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines

1,800 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
27 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 April 2011

Description

Network Rail is to cut 1800 maintenance jobs by April 2011. The company will eliminate a total of 2,459 positions, but the additional cuts affect subcontractors, not permanent posts. The company stated that it hopes to avoid any compulsory redundancies but RMT, the union, spoke of a 'jobs masscre.'


Sources

  • 9 September 2009: BBC News
  • 27 August 2009: BBC News
  • 27 August 2009: Timesonline

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Network Rail, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69526, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69526.