CWU disappointed by Vodafone job losses

9 March 2010

The Communication Workers Union today (Tuesday) is disappointed by Vodafone's decision to cut 375 jobs from the company and is also concerned that customer-facing jobs will be affected, despite assurance by the company.

Andy Kerr, CWU deputy general secretary, said: "It's regrettable that Vodafone is making these job losses and is certainly bad news for the company's staff.

"We're not sure that the current information coming from the company regarding redundancies is entirely accurate. There are rumours that jobs will be lost from Vodafone sites in Stoke and Warrington and these are both customer-facing operations, while Vodafone has implied that customer-facing roles will be expanded.

"We'd like to see greater clarity from the company on how this decision will affect staff, a willingness to explore redeployment opportunities and greater assurances about a voluntary approach to redundancies.

"We also encourage any staff affected by this decision to contact the CWU for support."

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