Stobart defends job cuts move
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EDDIE STOBART has defended its actions after the Unite union went on the offensive, following the operator’s decision to remove the transport function from its Doncaster DC, putting 183 drivers’ jobs at risk.
David Pickering, Eddie Stobart MD, said of last week’s announcement: “This reorganisation of operations is necessary to achieve a cost-effective, eficient and sustainable solution, while still delivering an excellent standard of service. As a consequence, all 183 LGV driver positions have been identiied as being at risk of redundancy. Eddie Stobart will do everything it can to help employees ind alternative employment in Stobart Group.” Transport will be provided from elsewhere in the network.
The DC had originally been a Tesco operation but it was transferred to Stobart on 5 August.
Matt Draper, Unite national oficer for retail distribution, said: “Tesco must bear its share of the blame for this, as it would have been aware that this might happen.”