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Airbus workers asked to accept shorter working week to save 360 jobs at Broughton

Unite members will be balloted on the proposals to avoid compulsory redundancies

Broughton's state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities(Image: Ian Cooper / North Wales Live)

Workers at Airbus will be asked to accept a shorter working week to save more than 350 jobs at Brougton.

Airbus announced more than 1,700 jobs were at risk in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ last June - with around 1,400 at the North Wales wing plant, in addition to 400 agency workers who were made redundant.

It followed a slump in production due to the crisis in the aviation sector because of the Covid pandemic.

Close to 1,000 Airbus staff have left through voluntary redundancies but Unite the union was battling to avoid compulsory cuts for around 360 staff.

They have been in talks with Airbus management to reach a deal and now have a proposal to avoid compulsory cuts if workers agree a reduction in hours of up to 10%.

Airbus has agreed to pay one third of the wages for the lost hours.

The deal will also mean apprentices who are also at risk will continue to be taken on.

Unite members will now be balloted on the proposals to save jobs.