Ford in shadow of strike threats

10:19am Friday 3rd July 2009

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

Comments (71) | Have your say »

Southampton's Ford boss promoted

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.

Comments (2) | Have your say »

Ex-Transit worker takes battle to EU

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.

Comments (36) | Have your say »

End of an era for Southampton Ford staff

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.

Comments (50) | Have your say »

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

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.”

Comments (7) | Have your say »

£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.

Comments (33) | Have your say »

Ford swamped with redundancy requests

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.

Comments (8) | Have your say »

Ford jobs fallout across Hampshire

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.

Comments (5) | Have your say »

Advice on offer for Ford staff facing the axe

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.

Comments (5) | Have your say »

Ford is committed to city, vows boss

7:27am Wednesday 11th February 2009

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

Comments (20) | Have your say »

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

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.

Comments (33) | Have your say »

Black day in the history of Ford in Southampton

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.

Comments (8) | Have your say »

Ford axes 500 jobs in Southampton

4:00pm Thursday 5th February 2009

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

Comments (53) | Have your say »

Transit job cuts - Ford statement

9:35am Thursday 5th February 2009

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

Comments (4) | Have your say »

Transit jobs axe is "tragic for city" says MP

8:00am Thursday 5th February 2009

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

Comments (10) | Have your say »

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.

Comments (9) | Have your say »

Fears of further cuts at Ford plant

10:00am Friday 23rd January 2009

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

Comments (5) | Have your say »

Ford workers face single shifts

10:40am Wednesday 14th January 2009

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

Comments (7) | Have your say »

Ford announce new double blow for workers

9:10am Tuesday 13th January 2009

FORD workers were today dealt a devastating double body blow.

Comments (8) | Have your say »

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.

Comments (3) | Have your say »

Ford: We don’t need Government cash

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.

Comments (8) | Have your say »

MPs debate future of Ford plant in parliament

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.

Comments (8) | Have your say »

Cash-strapped Christmas for staff of Ford supplier

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.

Comments (4) | Have your say »

Ford union leaders to meet local MPs

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.

Comments (17) | Have your say »