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Defence company BAE is to cut almost 600 jobs at its Brough site, near Hull and at Woodford, near Manchester, according to the Unite union. | Defence company BAE is to cut almost 600 jobs at its Brough site, near Hull and at Woodford, near Manchester, according to the Unite union. |
Management are refusing to confirm the numbers involved until after the news has been given to staff, but more details are expected later. | |
Brough is one of the region's biggest employers with about 2,000 staff. | Brough is one of the region's biggest employers with about 2,000 staff. |
Union officials said they were angry at the scale of the job cuts and said they would resist compulsory redundancies. | Union officials said they were angry at the scale of the job cuts and said they would resist compulsory redundancies. |
Unite said 450 jobs would be lost at the Brough facility, which is the home of the Hawk military aircraft. | |
Meanwhile, 134 jobs will be lost at Woodford, where the Nimrod is made. | |
"Only a few days ago, the Red Arrows had the Hawks on display to celebrate the RAF's 90th anniversary," said Unite national officer Bernie Hamilton. | |
"Sadly, the future for the skilled workers that built these state-of-the-art jets is now uncertain." | |
He added that the union knew it would have a "challenge on our hands" at both sites as a result of rising competition, but said that the UK government should work to safeguard the country's aerospace industry for future generations. |