The on-going campaign to get a fair deal for the hundred local workers who will lose their jobs due to the closure of Vibixa in Cheltenham by owners Weetabix was today taken to Westminster by Martin Horwood MP.
Pressing ministers this morning, he demanded confirmation that when a profitable company shuts down a profitable subsidiary, laid-off workers should get a redundancy package that properly suits those circumstances.
He asked if ministers agreed that "when a profitable company closes a profitable subsidiary, best practice would be to offer the most generous terms possible to employees, some of whom have served Weetabix for 35 years, and not something barely better than the statutory minimum".
Vibixa confirmed in October that the factory would be closing early in the New Year, and that all 105 employees would lose their jobs.