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10/09/2009
Agreement over redundancies |
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An agreement has been reached over the level of redundancies due to take place at a printworks.
The Guardian Print Centre, which publishes the broadsheet newspaper, was due to let 24 employees go at the London site, Printweek.com reports.
Such a move had brought it into conflict with trade union Unite, which had threatened industrial action until the two sides thrashed out a deal that will see at least 20 of the posts be voluntary redundancies rather than compulsory.
National officer for the union Steve Sibbald told the publication: "We negotiated a better deal. We are not proceeding with a ballot."
Those who are not part of a large group being made redundant or who may not have union representation might wish to speak to employment lawyers in London about their own individual case.
Earlier this week, the Trades Union Congress produced figures showing that retail has been the worst-hit sector for redundancies.
It noted that 76,230 people normally employed in the sector lost their jobs in the past year, of which over a third worked for Woolworths.
Written by Anna Norton
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