PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
JOB LOSSES IN DUNDEE WEST (16 March 2006)

That this House is extremely concerned at the decision of Tesco to cut over 400 jobs in Dundee and to close its Dundee depot; notes that this was a unilateral decision taken without consultation with the trade unions, Scottish Enterprise Tayside, representatives from Dundee City Council, Dundee Chamber of Commerce nor the local politicians in Dundee; condemns this action as showing lack of respect to the city of Dundee; believes that the workers who are losing their jobs should either be relocated with the same terms and conditions of employment or offered an equitable redundancy package; supports the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in its efforts to ensure this happens; and calls on Tesco to engage constructively with the unions and local politicians in order to salvage some positive outcome from this announcement.

Sponsored by:
Jim McGovern (Labour)