Ford Bridgend plant to close in 2020

[bob6600]

Ford's engine plant in Bridgend will close in September 2020, union sources have said, with the loss of 1,700 jobs.

Ford 'to close Bridgend plant in 2020'

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I've not much sympathy for the workers that have been there 30-odd years and will receive a handsome pay out so close to retirement. They have been on a good earner for very many years, probably better than their skills would earn them elsewhere.

I wonder if TVR and/or Aston Martin can take on some of the younger guys?

 

[Darrell]

If Audi are anything to go by, Ford probably have a few hundred thousand engines sitting in storage up and down the UK.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

Just saw this on the news, inexperienced workers on £46k, experienced are on £60k and team leaders £100k.

In the local area they must be living like Pablo Escabar.

 

[Darrell]

So a guy who has been there for 30 years can expect how much? Is their redundancies capped at all??

 

[Deletedmember130310]

Somewhat inevitable with the shift to EV and the imminent collapse of Jaguar LR.

Why build a new factory in Wales with all the bureaucracy, negotiation and cost when you can build a new factory in Asia stress free and be welcomed.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

So a guy who has been there for 30 years can expect how much? Is their redundancies capped at all??

Average house price for that region £162k, do you think that they are worried?

 

[Darrell]

Average house price for that region £162k, do you think that they are worried?

That doesn’t actually answer my question does it?

 

[Deleted member 6183]

That doesn’t actually answer my question does it?

No, it doesn't.

However, I might be advertising my BMW 140i and the Mrs' SLK in the Bridgend area soon, I'll make a killing!

 

[markjay]

The Ford employees might be sorted, but these large factories usually provide jobs and income to very large number of local people.

I used to contract for Delphi for 15 years... the security staff were employed by a contractor, as were the cleaners, the dining room and canteen were operated by a local firm who won the bid every year, the recycling was taken away by a local recycling contractor, etc etc etc.

And this is before taking into account local manufacturers who made various parts and other suppliers.

A factory closure will inevitably have devastating impact on the local community, especially in those locations where the factory is built near a small town.

 

[Deletedmember130310]

Some stats from Ford Bridgend

• 1,700workers
  
  
• £3.3bnvalue to Welsh economy over 10 years
  
  
• £140mWelsh Government support
  
  
• £45,000average annual salary
  

Source: Welsh Government/Unite

 

[neilrr]

Just saw this on the news, inexperienced workers on £46k, experienced are on £60k and team leaders £100k.

In the local area they must be living like Pablo Escabar.

How much do Ford pay their workers in Mexico, Brazil or other third world countries?

 

[markjay]

How much do Ford pay their workers in Mexico, Brazil or other third world countries?

You should subtract from that the government subsidy Ford are getting in the UK - which based on Greenmanslk's figures above averages at £8.2k per employee per year.