Hestair avoids cut
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SHELVOKE and Drewry loc like being the latest victim of t recession as the company cc siders laying off about 35 of 1,000 workforce at Letchwor Talks between unions and irm agement are currently unc way.
Only Hestair Dennis stay un fected by the recession — t company's workforce is still or five-day week.
There is little change amo other manufacturers, but Vol expects to go back to a five-d week at Irvine by the beginni of next year.
Leyland Vehicles' Scamm plant at Watford is to close f the week beginning October and will also shut down for t week beginning November 2 The plant will also close for third week beginning Decemb 22, which will effectively hi operations at the factory un the new year.
A total of 700 workers will I affected by the closures.
Meanwhile, at Leyland's m dium/light vehicle factory Bathgate, West Lothian, abo 1,750 workers on a one week o /one week off rota have had th( working week reduced from fo to three days.
Gardner last Friday faced strike by its workforce who we protesting against the propose redundancies at the company. total of 700 redundancies we originally planned out of workforce of around 2,500.
Gardner has reduced the r. dundancies to 590, but tlworkforce is still unhappy.
GKN Sankey, manufactu of wheels and lorry cabs, is I lay off 644 workers.