‘No compulsory redundancies at Dagenham Ford’
The stamping plant will close next week - Credit: Archant
The will be no compulsory redundancies when one of the Ford plants at Dagenham closes, the car giant has revealed.
The 750 employees affected by the closure of the tool and stamping operations on July 26 have either accepted redundancy, early retirement or been redeployed within the company.
A Ford spokesman said: “Ford is investing £1.9m at Dagenham to establish a new powertrain tool room within the engine plant.
“Together with other positions in the local area, this has enabled a total of 400 employees to be redeployed within the company and a number of others are pursuing opportunities outside Ford.”
There will also be no compulsory redundancies in Southampton, where the Transit van factory, which employs 531 people, will shut on the same day.
You may also want to watch:
In March Dagenham workers, all members of Unite, threatened to strike after claiming their proposed redundancy terms were less favourable than those offered to employees in Southampton and in Belgium where a factory will also shut.
They also feared Ford would make compulsory redundancies.
Most Read
- 1 GPs roll up their sleeves to support colleagues at Queen's Hospital
- 2 Station Parade traffic curbs get green light
- 3 More than 100 Covid dead at Queen's and King George this week
- 4 New Covid test site opening in Barking this weekend
- 5 Appeal to find witness who comforted woman hit by a car in Barking
- 6 Appeal after shots fired at house in Dagenham
- 7 More than half of people in Barking and Dagenham may have had Covid, data shows
- 8 Town hall to decide on bid for Dagenham freeport
- 9 Council admits there is a 'long way to go' before 'cracking' the virus
- 10 Drug and alcohol abuse by Barking and Dagenham parents and children soars
Are you one of the affected Dagenham Ford workers? We want to hear your views. Contact us on 020 8477 3900 or email postnewsdesk@archant.co.uk.
