Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
23rd May 2012, 14:59
So good to see that business, like most governments, don't give a shit about who they sell to. Jobs may be being protected, but in aiding and arming a brutal dictatorship and by making weapons.
British defence giant BAE has signed a £1.9bn ($3bn) deal to supply Hawk trainer jets to Saudi Arabia, saving over 200 UK jobs.
The military contractor said the deal averted job losses at its Brough plant and guarantee work for 30 apprentices.
Twenty-two Hawks will be built under the deal with the majority of the work taking place in Lancashire - at BAE sites in Samlesbury and Warton.
A Unite trade union official said hundreds of jobs were still at risk.
BAE had previously said it was ending manufacture of the Hawk training jets at its Brough factory in 2013, with the loss of 865 jobs. Planes have been made at the plant for almost 100 years.
The company said on Wednesday 218 jobs at the Brough factory had been saved until mid-2015 and 73 more employees could be offered transfers to plants in Lancashire.
(More on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18173779)
British defence giant BAE has signed a £1.9bn ($3bn) deal to supply Hawk trainer jets to Saudi Arabia, saving over 200 UK jobs.
The military contractor said the deal averted job losses at its Brough plant and guarantee work for 30 apprentices.
Twenty-two Hawks will be built under the deal with the majority of the work taking place in Lancashire - at BAE sites in Samlesbury and Warton.
A Unite trade union official said hundreds of jobs were still at risk.
BAE had previously said it was ending manufacture of the Hawk training jets at its Brough factory in 2013, with the loss of 865 jobs. Planes have been made at the plant for almost 100 years.
The company said on Wednesday 218 jobs at the Brough factory had been saved until mid-2015 and 73 more employees could be offered transfers to plants in Lancashire.
(More on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18173779)