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ANOTHER 170 jobs are to gc the Rolls-Royce diesel eng factory at Shrewsbury, it announced last week.
The redundancies involve direct shop floor workers r the remainder are hourly-p supporting workers such storemen, inspectors and d ers, and 47 staff positions, cluding some senior mane ment.
The firm blames falling ordi particularly from overseas, r increased foreign competitior home.
Over the past four years Rolls-Royce work force Shrewsbury has been trimn by more than 1,000 pec through successive redund cies and now stands at 1,750.
Managing director Peter I son, said: "Our military busin is long-term planned and holding up well. However, . recovery in the commerc vehicle market in this cour has been only marginal at end of the market."
After the announcement De Woodvine, district organiser the Amalgamated Union of Er neering Workers, said with action Rolls could not survive