Fury over Fujitsu job cuts
26 August 2009
The company announcement follows on from an imposed pay freeze and the threatened closure of the ICL Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) which represents 750 workers in Fujitsu expressed dismay at yet another body blow to the already ravaged UK IT industry.
The union vowed to campaign against compulsory redundancies and for high quality, sustainable public services.
Today’s announcement by Fujitsu follows on from other recent high profile cost cutting initiatives in global companies including IBM, Capgemini and EDS/HP, where the need to protect the profits of shareholders has been placed before the needs of those dependent upon the public sector for services and jobs.
Commenting, Mark Serwotka PCS general secretary, said: "This is a huge blow to people who provide support to essential public services including driving licenses, taxes and defence.
"We stand to lose not just jobs, but essential expertise in the operation of the IT systems that support services to the British public.
"Services to the hard working tax payer are bound to suffer as highly skilled IT professionals are thrown on to the dole queue. Over the coming days and weeks we will be campaigning against the job losses and against compulsory redundancies."
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