BMW announces 850 job losses at Mini car plant

The job losses will mean unemployment rates appear certain to top the two million mark within weeks.

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In a fresh blow to the crisis-hit motor industry, BMW, announced that it was axing the weekend shift, which is mainly staffed by agency workers. There was anger at the meeting where the news was announced, after employees, some of whom had worked at the plant for a number of years, were told that they were not entitled to redundancy pay...more