almost :lol:

Hes got next wednesday off in lieu....

MMmmm
Where to start here Vauxhall workers got in the reagion of 80K as a redundancy package and were offered extremme rework packages, such as HGV lessons.
By comparrison my pal who was a Chassis desiegn Engineer at Rover got way less than that and I mean WAY less I am talking low single figures here.
Unions today have no standing in the Automotive industry. I have worked in it for 25 years from shop floor to management and I feel I have a fairly impatial view.
Todays Management is appaling and has no direction.
It is only a matter of time before what is left of the British Auto Industry is sent to the far East.

I think unions today have very little standing in most industries which is why they sabre-rattle so much to get their fix of "we are important".

I loved it when the Gate Gourmet strike mongering Union reps got sacked by BA after they were proved wrong......show's they're not infallible or above reason.........

If it wasn't for the poor souls who lose their jobs at Peugeot UK I would say good on the French for sticking two fingers up to the union and saying enough is enough, we're off to cheaper and more realistic T&C climes......

As I said before, they're short-sighted and want everything now but when they've bled the firm dry or peeved the financial management off so much they then bleat when the company shuts shop.

Peugeot Factory Closure
 

It isn't a surprise to me that the English factory produces more cars per head than the French counterpart. What is patently obvious is that it's much easier and cheaper for Peugeot to sack our people.
French opposition to site closures is much stronger than in England.