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Article: Fury over meals on wheels axe; SANDWELL: Council cooks 'stabbed in the back' as service farmed out.(News)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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Byline: By Steve Johnson
FURIOUS union officials today accused Sandwell Council of "stabbing them in the back" after the bombshell news that meals on wheels cooks are to lose their jobs.
A dozen workers, who have been preparing meals for hundreds of pensioners across the borough for more than 20 years, have been told they are being made redundant.
The shock news follows the decision by Sandwell Council to farm out work to European food giants Apetito.
And the redundancies come just two months after council chiefs assured cooks they would not be facing the dole queue.
Lisa Saunders, joint branch secretary with Unison, said that ...