G E / Alstom Job Losses?

[Gramaisc]

Not quite sure what's going on, but something might be - and it's not an announcement that the local establishment are trumpeting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...slashing-European-jobs-after-Alstom-deal.html

 

[proactive]

Now that's far more likely to be the good news Jeremy Lefroy was alluding to last week.

 

[John Marwood]

"Sell Everything" Standard Chartered

140 jobs?

 

[Feed The Goat]

Its maybe not all bad news. We could knock down Alstom and connect up the two retail parks by a bridge over the railway line.

Think of this - a few more pound shops and loads of new jobs on 2 hours a week contracts. Luverly

 

[proactive]

Its maybe not all bad news. We could knock down Alstom and connect up the two retail parks by a bridge over the railway line.

Think of this - a few more pound shops and loads of new jobs on 2 hours a week contracts. Luverly

Not to mention all the tiny little flimsy town houses that could be built on the vacated land.

 

[Gramaisc]

Not to mention all the tiny little flimsy town houses that could be built on the vacated land.

One day, somebody will end up with a house on top of the Innocenti foundations - I doubt anybody will dig the concrete out - it will make gardening a bit difficult.

 

[bpelectric]

A lorra concrete went in them footings

 

[John Marwood]

A lorra concrete went in them footings

Who went 'missing' that year?......

 

[John Marwood]

Let's all move to Boston Mas.

 

[Gareth]

Take no notice on lazy made up reporting.

firstly alstom have just invested £15 million for 2 new state of the art sites at beacon park replacing st leonards.

the report itself is littered with glaring errors. For a start alstom only employs 6500 people in the UK not 22000, they only employ 17000 worldwide( unless they count GE employees ?)

 

[Gramaisc]

I'm not one to defend "journalists", but the article states that GE employs 22,000 in the UK, not merely in it's recently acquired ex-Alstom sections.

600 to go from 7,500 doesn't really sound better than 600 from 22,000.

 

[bpelectric]

Alstrom are no more It's all GE now in Stafford

 

[Floss]

Papers do what papers do to make them sell then people spread the news like Chinese whispers creating all sorts of local gossip.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Papers do what papers do to make them sell then people spread the news like Chinese whispers creating all sorts of local gossip.

The story on Argos was just the same..."both branches could close.... " well yes, but we could also get hit by an asteroid overnight.....

 

[John Marwood]

The story on Argos was just the same..."both branches could close.... " well yes, but we could also get hit by an asteroid overnight.....

We already do

Tiny tiny tiny ones

 

[proactive]

We already do

Tiny tiny tiny ones

End of the World is Nigh, Shouts Doxey Strange Person

 

[John Marwood]

Anyone seen my drum?

 

[iamlegend]

My mate works for GE / alstom and has told me 1 in 3 are being laid off in Stafford.

 

[John Marwood]

My mate works for GE / alstom and has told me 1 in 3 are being laid off in Stafford.

3 being?

 

[iamlegend]

A third off entire work force at ge Alstom in Stafford are to be laid off.