NISSAN JOB LOSSES A SERIOUS BLOW TO THE NORTH EAST -HALL
January 8, 2009 12:00 AM
Commenting on today's announcement that Nissan is to cut 1,200 jobs at its Sunderland Plant, Fiona Hall Lib Dem MEP for the North East said:
"Nissan's announcement is a serious blow for one of the North East's biggest private employers and a shock for one of Europe's most productive car plants.
"It is now important that the government provides the right kind of support to the North East's automobile industry - which is still a vibrant and dynamic part of our regional economy, as well as to those workers who have today found themselves without jobs.
"I welcome the setting up of a Nissan Response Group by One North East to help workers find new employment, training and educational possibilities as soon as possible.
"However, what with the recent announcement by Unipres - the company which supplies car parts to the Nissan plant - that 300 jobs will also be lost alongside the 1,200 from Nissan, there is obviously a long struggle ahead for traditional car manufacturing in the North East."
Nick Clegg MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats said:
"This will be devastating news for Sunderland and the North East.
"These job losses come soon after the redundancies at Unipres.
"The regularity and scale at which job losses are now being announced show just how serious a recession we are now in.
"The Government must act quickly to give support and training to those affected so they are able to find new jobs as soon as possible."
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