3/5/2012
NEWS BRIEFS
Union Offer on UK Jobs Rejected By U.S. Bosses
Executives at Stanley Black & Decker rejected union plans to save about 70 jobs at a rivet factory in England, the Birmingham Post reports.
A total of 220 employees are set to lose their jobs when production at the Tucker Fasteners site in Great Barr switches to Germany, according to the Post.
Union officials reportedly crafted counter-proposals to move the factory to a new site, acknowledging that the current facility is “too big and too antiquated.”
After a day-long session that included Trans-Atlantic video conferences, Stanley Black & Decker declined the offer.
“As presented, the counter-proposal does not meet the long-term strategy and financial needs of the corporation,” the company said in a statement to the union’s negotiating committee.
“We are taking away the document to look at it again but as a trade union, we are bitterly disappointed,” union official John Walsh told the Post, adding that the average service on the site is 21 years.
The union may get another chance to convince managers in the U.S.
“There will be a further meeting in a couple of weeks time – the workforce are waiting with bated breath.”
The job cuts were first announced in December. ©2012 GlobalFastenerNews.com
Executives at Stanley Black & Decker rejected union plans to save about 70 jobs at a rivet factory in England, the Birmingham Post reports.
A total of 220 employees are set to lose their jobs when production at the Tucker Fasteners site in Great Barr switches to Germany, according to the Post.
Tucker Fasteners is a part of Emhart Teknologies, a division of Stanley Black & Decker.
Union officials reportedly crafted counter-proposals to move the factory to a new site, acknowledging that the current facility is “too big and too antiquated.”
After a day-long session that included Trans-Atlantic video conferences, Stanley Black & Decker declined the offer.
“As presented, the counter-proposal does not meet the long-term strategy and financial needs of the corporation,” the company said in a statement to the union’s negotiating committee.
“We are taking away the document to look at it again but as a trade union, we are bitterly disappointed,” union official John Walsh told the Post, adding that the average service on the site is 21 years.
The union may get another chance to convince managers in the U.S.
“There will be a further meeting in a couple of weeks time – the workforce are waiting with bated breath.”
The job cuts were first announced in December. ©2012 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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