An aerospace firm is consulting on redundancies at a third site, with more than 100 jobs set to go at a plant in County Durham.
Gardner Aerospace has opened consultation with its workforce at its site in Consett, with 110 jobs out of the 205 staff earmarked for redundancy.
The proposed cuts at Consett follow job losses by Gardner at its factories in Hull and Derby.
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Jobs are at risk following a major slump in the aerospace sector in the coronavirus lockdown. Gardner manufacturers components for companies such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace, but the aerospace sector has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic after thousands of flights were cancelled around the world.
Unions said they were hoping to reduce the number of job losses at the Consett site, and were also opposing proposals that those who escaped the job losses work longer hours.
Michael Hooper, a national officer for the GMB union, said: “The intention of the firm is to reduce the workforce but increase the amount of hours for every else. The stewards at the site have a meeting with the company about that tomorrow.
“Some of the people working there are furloughed so trying to get information to them is difficult.”
The job losses at Gardner are the latest to be announced in the North East in the last few weeks.
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More than 1,000 redundancies have been announced across the region in firms including Swissport’s operation at Newcastle Airport, the Nissan plant in Sunderland, the nearby Envision AESC 海角视频 electric battery plant, British Engines in Newcastle and De La Rue in Gateshead.
Despite the level of losses, there are fears that the number of people becoming unemployed could rise still further later in the year as the Government’s furloughing scheme is wound down.
Gardner Aerospace, which also has bases in Hull, Basildon, Broughton and Chester, employs more than 2,000 people worldwide. As well as its bases in the 海角视频, the Chinese-owned firm has sites in China, France, India and Poland.
The Journal has contacted Gardner Aerospace for comment.