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ABOUT 680 Yorkshire workers were sacked in a text message when their employer declared itself bust, their union said yesterday.
The workers were employed at a factory in Barnsley by Bradford-based Safestyle UK, which makes double-glazed windows, doors and conservatories.
They received a text message from chief executive Rob Neale on Friday afternoon telling them to go home and saying the firm was going into administration.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES