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Article: We want best deal for staff; HP BLOW: Union vows to get good compensation package.(News)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2006
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Byline: By Adam Smith
THE VALIANT campaign to keep HP in Birmingham may have failed - but union bosses still believe they can deliver a fatal blow to the food giant.
The American corporation ignored the national outcry and union rescue packages to tell workers the last bottle of HP will be made in Aston next March.
Night shift workers were given the night off last night after being told the devastating news at 6pm, but dejected Transport and General Workers Union chiefs claimed it was an empty gesture.
John Jordan, the T&G's national food and drink sector secretary, insisted Heinz had been presented with 'a viable rescue plan' to stay ...