Article: Northern Rock axes 1,300 jobs

NORTHERN Rock dealt another blow to the region?s economy last night by announcing 1,300 redundancies ? with unions warning the final figure could be even higher.

Norwich Union is expected to add to the region?s woes today when it announces hundreds of jobs are to go in Yo rk.

Of the 1,300 Northern Rock redundancies, 800 will be compulsory, while 500 will be voluntary. But the union Unite, which representsmany of the bank?s workers, said Northern Rock was assuming that a further 600 workers could be redeployed.

Unite official Frank Needham, who has responsibility for Northern Rock, said that if those workers were not suitable, it would mean the bank would have to make 1,400 workers ...

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