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Ford in shadow of strike threats

Leaked memo casts doubt over Ford site

10:19am Friday 3rd July 2009

STRIKE threats loom over the Ford factory as more than 100 contract workers vote on industrial action.

Southampton's Ford boss promoted

Martin Chapman

7:47pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

THE MAN who oversaw the halving of the workforce at Southampton’s Ford plant has been promoted to a top post at an overseas factory.

Ex-Transit worker takes battle to EU

Kevin Hayes

10:06am Saturday 2nd May 2009

HE spent three decades putting together iconic Transit vans and is now fighting for the political power to safeguard their future at the Southampton plant.

End of an era for Southampton Ford staff

Ford Transit's winning ways

9:24am Friday 1st May 2009

IT IS the end of an era for a major Hampshire employer today as more than 500 workers at the giant Ford plant will walk through the gates for the last time.

Union protests over Ford subsidiary’s job losses

Union protests over Ford subsidiary’s job losses

9:27am Monday 27th April 2009

CAMPAIGNERS fighting against job losses at Ford subsidiary company Visteon took up banners and posters to protest outside a Southampton car showroom as part of a national day of action.

Pensioner's anger at PM's response to Ford petition

Paola Slominksi with Laura (8), Phillip Edwards (78) Lidia (6), and Stephen

9:18am Monday 30th March 2009

A HAMPSHIRE grandmother has branded the Prime Minister’s response to her plea to the Government to step in and help Ford as “disgraceful.”

£100,000 pay-offs for Ford workers

£100,000 pay-offs for Ford workers

6:10pm Monday 23rd March 2009

SOME Ford workers could be looking at a £100,000 pay day when they walk out of Southampton’s Transit plant for the last time in May.

Ford swamped with redundancy requests

Leaked memo casts doubt over Ford site

10:29am Thursday 19th March 2009

FORD bosses have been swamped by workers requesting redundancy from the Southampton Transit factory as news of a further three-week shutdown hits the shop floor.

Ford jobs fallout across Hampshire

£40m – Is this the cost of losing Ford?

5:00pm Monday 16th March 2009

THE full force of the Ford job cuts can be felt across Hampshire today, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Advice on offer for Ford staff facing the axe

Ford Transit's winning ways

9:44am Friday 6th March 2009

FORD bosses are today giving workers facing the axe at the company’s Southampton plant a day of support services to help them find new jobs.

Ford is committed to city, vows boss

Ford of Europe boss John Fleming

7:27am Wednesday 11th February 2009

FORD has given the “clearest assurance yet” that it will keep a manufacturing base in Southampton.

Ford workers who go voluntarily 'would get about £30,000'

MUCH TO PONDER: Ford workers walk out of the Transit plant in Swaythling after a meeting about job losses.

4:50pm Monday 9th February 2009

FORD workers could get more than a year’s salary if they take voluntary redundancy, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Black day in the history of Ford in Southampton

Ford staff fear Xmas bombshell

2:29pm Friday 6th February 2009

THE full impact of the devastating job cuts at Southampton’s Ford factory will have disastrous repercussions on the local economy, it is feared.

Ford axes 500 jobs in Southampton

500 jobs axed at Ford

4:00pm Thursday 5th February 2009

FORD is to axe almost half of its Southampton workforce, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Transit job cuts - Ford statement

Southampton's Ford factory

9:35am Thursday 5th February 2009

FORD bosses today explained why they are axing 500 Hampshire jobs.

Transit jobs axe is "tragic for city" says MP

Ford Transit

8:00am Thursday 5th February 2009

A Hampshire MP described the decision to axe hundreds of jobs at Ford in Southampton as "tragic".

Leaked memo casts doubt over Ford site

Leaked memo casts doubt over Ford site

7:10pm Monday 26th January 2009

A HUGE question mark has today been thrown over the future of Southampton’s giant Ford plant, warn union bosses.

Fears of further cuts at Ford plant

Ford workers unite to fight for Transit plant

10:00am Friday 23rd January 2009

FEARS are growing of further production cuts at Southampton’s giant Ford plant.

Ford workers face single shifts

UNCERTAIN TIMES: Workers leaving Ford in Swaythling at the end of their shift yesterday.

10:40am Wednesday 14th January 2009

PRODUCTION cuts could spell disaster for Ford workers, claim union bosses.

Ford announce new double blow for workers

Ford staff fear Xmas bombshell

9:10am Tuesday 13th January 2009

FORD workers were today dealt a devastating double body blow.

Ford workers fear bosses will reveal plans to run Transit plant on single shift

Ford workers fear bosses will reveal plans to run Transit plant on single shift

1:40pm Monday 12th January 2009

A MAJOR announcement, which workers fear could spell mass production and job cuts, will be made to hundreds of Ford workers tomorrow, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Ford: We don’t need Government cash

Southampton's Ford factory

6:20pm Saturday 20th December 2008

FORD bosses who hold the future of the giant Southampton Transit factory in their hands can afford to turn down the offer of Government cash, it has emerged.

MPs debate future of Ford plant in parliament

Southampton's Ford factory

2:56pm Wednesday 17th December 2008

A TOP-LEVEL debate is being held in parliament today over the future of Southampton Ford factory and the motor manufacturing industry as a whole.

Cash-strapped Christmas for staff of Ford supplier

Magna Seating

10:53am Tuesday 16th December 2008

WORKERS for a major supplier of Southampton’s troubled Ford Transit plant face a cash-strapped Christmas after learning they would barely be paid during a four-week winter shutdown.

Ford union leaders to meet local MPs

Ian Woodland

1:20pm Monday 15th December 2008

UNION leaders from Southampton’s struggling Ford plant are today meeting with local MPs who are fighting for the site’s future.


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