United Kingdom -Lay-offs at Thomas Cook -October 09, 2012

Trade unions are entering negotiations with holiday company Thomas Cook, which announced this month that 430 of its 2700 jobs are to disappear. It remains unclear where exactly jobs are to disappear as the company reduces its fleet from 35 to 31 planes, but the restructuring will affect operational staff, cabin crew, engineers and office-based employees.

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