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Monday February 16, 2009 23:54 by Mr Angry - the workers
![]() Welcome back to the class war as capital in crisis plays dirty (of course) The news today: BMW, owners of the Mini factory in Cowley, Oxford, dismiss 800+ agency workers at the end of their shift. With no notice, no redundancy, even though some have been there upto 5 years. Another 150 workers at their Swindon plant face the chop too (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7891913.stm) . Meanwhile, the Co-op is taking over Somerfields, and promises to close within a year the Somerfields head office in Bristol, with the loss to Bristol of upto 750 jobs (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7892625.stm).
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