3y Graham Sullivan ON 10 JANUARY Timex, one of Dundee's big employers announced gest redundancies at its Milton of Craigie plant, pany, want to shift watch production to France. The Nimslo 3-D camera which was promised to Dundee is now being produced in Japan.
Around 1000 workers have applied for voluntary redundancy, and this figure may reach 1250 leaving Timex to find 650 compulsory redundancies.
The shop stewards have met with Dundee district council, Tayside regional council, union officials Olsen's 4021E France, Michael Foot and also rred Olsen himself.
George Younger, the Scottish Scretary hatcher.
In Dundee COHference of shop and STewares COVCHOES from every major plant in was held and pledged its support for the Timex workers.
The workers are now waiting for a reply to their alternative plan for the that it wanted owned by multi-millionaire Fred Olsen, continuation of watch manufacturing Milton of Craigie site. The shoD stewards committee have said that they will remove the threat of strike action management remove the threat of compulsory redundancies.
Confident Fergie member stewards committee, said: *We're very confident of winning this There will be no forced redundancies at this factory.
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thereby adding 1900 more to the 20,000 people already on the dole in Dundee. The Timex Com-
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