BMW To Cut 850 Jobs At Oxford Mini Plant: [Workers Booed and Threw Apples And Oranges At Managers]

London Times ^ | February 16, 2009

[Steelfish]

February 16, 2009

BMW to cut 850 jobs at Oxford Mini plant

Marcus Leroux and Jenny Booth

BMW, the German vehicle maker, today announced plans to lay off 850 weekend agency staff at its Mini factory in Cowley, near Oxford, as the slowdown in demand for cars worsens.

Agency workers leaving Cowley this morning expressed their anger at being given just one hour’s notice of losing their job. The company made the announcements just as the staff affected were finishing their shift.

"It’s a disgrace. I feel as though I’ve been used. We should have been given one month’s notice, not one hour," said one worker.

John Cunningham, who has worked at the factory for more than two years, said he felt betrayed. "We’ve been given a week’s pay for an enforced week off, which I suppose is a week’s notice. I don’t know what’s going to happen to me and my family. It’s very scary."

Union sources said workers booed and threw apples and oranges at managers after being told the news.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

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[Centurion2000]

That was an unprofessional thing to do. They could have given the courtesy 2 week notice.

What 2 week notice? Layoffs are like bolts out of the blue.

[ejonesie22]

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