1,000 offer to take Peugeot redundancy; No compulsory job losses as Ryton's weekend shift ends.Byline: By JEANETTE SCOTT jeanette.scott@mrn.co.uk PEUGEOT has been flooded by hundreds of Ryton workers offering to take its voluntary redundancy voluntary redundancy n (BRIT) → despido voluntario voluntary redundancy n (Brit) → départ m volontaire (en cas de licenciements) package. More than 1,000 staff volunteered to take redundancy as the axe finally falls on C-shift today at the plant near Coventry. The overwhelming response means there will be no compulsory Wikipedia does not currently have an encyclopedia article for . You may like to search Wiktionary for "" instead. To begin an article here, feel free to [ edit this page], but please do not create a mere dictionary definition. redundancies. Company bosses announced 850 job losses last month with the decision to scrap the plant's weekend workforce. Peugeot chiefs agreed a deal with trade unions earlier this month and have been inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with requests from workers, who fear an uncertain future with the car manufacturer. Most of the workers on the plant's ill-fated shift walked into their final day of work this morning at 6am. Some C-shift employees will be transferred to the remaining A and B shifts, which operate on weekdays, while some A and B shift workers took the redundancy package. Roger Maddison, national officer for Amicus AMICUS Automated Management Information Civil Users System , said that despite the high number of voluntary requests for redundancy, the union was satisfied with the situation. He added: "Everyone on the C-shift was allowed to go but there were some people who wanted to go, but couldn't. "That is a far better situation than being short on volunteers and having to make compulsory redundancies. "It proves the deal the unions and the company came to was a good one. I wish we could have done the same at MG Rover." Joe Goodall, T&G convener con·vene v. con·vened, con·ven·ing, con·venes v.intr. To come together usually for an official or public purpose; assemble formally. v.tr. 1. for C-shift, said: "It's very sad. It's been a good shift in terms of making a lot of friends. The quality of production has been good and it's a shame the shift has got to go." Mr Maddison added there was "no way" Peugeot could continue with three shifts and he would be meeting company bosses in the next few weeks. He said: "We're going to be asking for some assurances for a long-term future at Ryton." The job losses were blamed on a downturn in demand for the 206, which is produced at the plant. The end of weekend production comes 10 months after 700 workers lost their jobs on the night shift. CAPTION(S): JOBS AXE: Ryton's C shift ends today |
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