ADL Job Cuts

Unite has hit out at proposals by the UK's biggest bus builder Alexander Dennis (ADL) to cut 260 jobs from its Falkirk, Scotland base.
Unite members are already working a four-day week with workers being asked to take more wage cuts.
ADL announced a 90-day consultation on the future of the jobs after a 50% drop in its core market.

Scott Foley, Unite's regional industrial organiser, said staff had been on a four-day week since September in order to preserve jobs and that the agreement would remain in place until March 2010.
Both sides have also agreed to move holiday leave from September to January 2010 and to extend Christmas and New Year breaks.

Unite questioned why further cuts were needed when it was anticipated that market conditions in the sector would improve soon.