Unite responds to Lloyds announcement of 1,300 job losses
9 August 2011
David Fleming, Unite national officer, said: “Workers at Lloyds
Banking Group have today heard that their employer is to shed 1,300
staff as part of 15,000 job losses announced for the strategic
review. This latest decision is astonishing and will send ripples
of shock across the entire business as it signifies the reality and
misery that faces hard working staff.
“Over 1,000 staff from the Lloyds business functions in risk,
insurance, retail, wealth and international, operations and
corporate affairs have today been informed that there will be cuts
in their area.
“Unite is demanding that the Lloyds Banking Group puts to an end
the widespread practice of employing agency and temporary staff
while making thousands of permanent employee redundant. This
approach is abhorrent and instead Lloyds should be redeploying and
retraining its existing workforce to limit the impact caused by its
restructuring plans.”
ENDS
For more information please contact: Saba Mozakka, Unite press
office on: 07768 693 953
