Ford Motor Company have announced that its two remaining UK production plants at Southampton and Dagenham are set to close, with the loss of 1400 UK jobs. The losses come as part of a larger restructering plan, which involves the closure of the huge Ford plant in Genk in Belgium, and cross European job losses of over 5,000.
The Southampton plant has produced Ford Transit models for decades, and Unions are angry at the move as they claim the workers...
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