factory closure

[Bonnyboy]

Originally Posted by AccyLass27

I have a friend that works there, they are gutted about having to leave, find somet else, start all over again.
It's not fair

Nowt's for ever, for some it will turn out to be a blessing in disguise...Hope your friend falls into that catagory

[AccyLass]

Yeah me too
Thanks

[WillowTheWhisp]

What a lousy time of year to find yourself out of work. I hope everyone concerned can find so9mething else. Hopefully something better. It sounds like it was an awful place to work. Amazing that they were still advertising job vacancies until recently. Surely they must have known they were closing?

[Eric]

Originally Posted by spud

I worked there for 8 years on the shop floor(5 yrs night shift), best thing I ever did was leave, the amount of pressure the workers were put under was immense. There were so many on the sick with stress it was unreal.

Having said that though, when I started back in 95 it was a good place to work, we had £200 crimbo bonuses, we used to have regular nights out to wigan and preston the wages were bloody good at £6-a hour for nights.

Then the french took over, out went the bonuses, no pay rise for 5 years(nad when we did finally get one, you couldn'e buy 10 fags with it after tax) all the machines were speeded up and operators reduced they really did take it to cracking point, and a good few did.

All in all, I have many fond memories from there and wish the 130 staff all the best finding work, I'm sure they will.

$12.00 an hour good! That's only a couple of bucks over minimum wage!

But it is just another example of globalization in action. The only ones that benefit are the owners. To hell with the workers, bring on the slaves and the sweatshops.

However, it is sad for those who depend on the employment to feed their families. And at Christmas time too. I always thought that the nastier kind of capitalist had a mean streak to go along with his insatiable greed.