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BMW workers get a proper job for Christmas
Unite secures 1,000 permanent contracts for temporary workers
Christmas came early for a thousand BMW agency workers yesterday after the Unite union wrapped up a deal for permanent contracts with bosses.
Seven hundred agency workers will be given the good news in the next week and handed the contracts in the new year.
Three hundred more will be recruited into the company by 2016.
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