Re: Shouldn't they be happy the jobs are staying in the UK?
Yes, the union does expect HPE to keep Lytham open forever, and industrial action will achieve nothing.
However for the people impacted the jobs might as well have been outsourced to India.
Even if you were offered a job at Newcastle or Erskine and they were willing to pay relocated expenses would you be willing to relocate if you had a house, children in school, family and friends locally? I suspect most would pass on that.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
