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8:20am Wednesday 3rd December 2008
THE chief executive of Ford has offered to work for $1 a year and sell his corporate jet if the car maker is bailed out by the American taxpayer.
5:02pm Friday 28th November 2008
THE SOUTHAMPTON plant is losing money and things have to change. This was the bombshell the head of Ford Europe John Fleming delivered when he met with MPs for top-level talks about the future of the company today.
7:32am Thursday 27th November 2008
Civic leaders to meet Ford unions – if protesters stay away
10:30am Wednesday 26th November 2008
A VITAL meeting over the future of Southampton’s Ford factory was today shelved after 50 protesters gathered on the steps of the city’s Civic Centre.
7:10am Tuesday 25th November 2008
Urgent meeting this week to discuss firm’s future
10:59am Thursday 20th November 2008
JOB fears are increasing for workers in Ford’s supply chain as the plant prepares to close for Christmas.
9:23am today Monday 17th November 2008
THE latest fallout of the Ford crisis is the laying off of two thirds of the workforce of one support company in a desperate effort to stay in business.
2:21pm Tuesday 4th November 2008
THE head of Ford's European operation has agreed to meet with politicians for top level talks over the future of the giant Southampton plant.
10:25am Tuesday 4th November 2008
MOTOR giant Ford has confirmed that its Southampton's plant will be shutting down for a month over Christmas forcing workers to survive on basic pay.
8:46am Thursday 30th October 2008
SCORES of people have signed a petition in support of Southampton’s Ford workers.
6:10pm Tuesday 28th October 2008
FORD workers fear the giant Southampton plant may be closed for a month leaving them to survive on basic pay.
10:27am Tuesday 28th October 2008
WHILE cash-strapped motor giant Ford claims it can't afford to invest £100m to retool the Southampton factory it has just splashed out £70m to upgrade one of its engine plants.
6:31pm Friday 24th October 2008
ANGRY workers stormed out of Southampton's Ford plant tonight.
10:12am Friday 24th October 2008
POLITICAL support for the threatened Southampton Ford plant is mounting, with 27 MPs throwing their weight behind the factory workers.
9:15am Thursday 23rd October 2008
WORKERS who downed tools and walked out of Southampton’s Ford factory may face the sack, the Daily Echo can reveal.
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