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Talks to be held with Thomas Cook over nearly 500 cabin crew redundancies

28 October 2011

Talks between Thomas Cook and Unite are due to be held next Wednesday (2 November) over plans to make 498 cabin crew redundant.

The talks, expected to be in Manchester, come after the cabin crew, members of Unite, the UK’s largest union, voted overwhelmingly in a consultative ballot in favour of industrial action.

Unite regional officer, Mick Whitley said: ”The company and Unite are due to meet next Wednesday for what we hope will be meaningful consultations.”

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For further information please contact Mick Whitley on 07736 026122 and/or Unite communications officer Shaun Noble on 07768 693940