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UNITE has demanded the Tory government stop dithering over its pledges to protect manufacturing in Britain as arms giant BAE yesterday announced it was to axe up to 371 jobs.
BAE said the vast majority of the job losses would be among its 13,000-strong workforce in Samlesbury, Lancashire, though some other positions would also be hit.
The firm said the decision was due to a slowing-down in production of its Typhoon fighter programme.
Witnessing a war of words at a meeting on tackling militarism at The World Transformed, BEN COWLES spoke to a union rep who is organising against war from inside the arms industry itself, to hear about worker-led solutions to ending weapons production
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
