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ABN Amro, Barclays: Data centres on savings hit-list
News Keith Brookes, a national official from union Amicus, which represents Barclays staff, said the merger is about creating a global bank that is headquartered in Europe. The merger between banks ABN Amro... [23 Apr 2007]
Barclaycard closes call centre, offshores to India
News Amicus is working with the bank and has "robust agreements" to help affected employees find other roles within the Barclays group. But Amicus, the union representing Barclaycard staff,... [07 Mar 2007]
Barclays to axe 1,200 back-office jobs
News Barclays said trade union Amicus has been consulted on the plans to close the three back-office sites and said it will minimise compulsory job losses with retraining and redeployment wherever possible. [29 Jun 2006]
Leader: Offshoring acceptance
Leader Technology union Amicus said it doesn't "welcome" the offshoring of jobs but has an agreement with Barclays in which the employer must "maximise redundancy" and offer "the best voluntary redundancy... [19 Jul 2005]
Barclays moves helpdesk jobs to India
News Technology workers' union Amicus has been monitoring the bank's 1,000 planned redundancies since last year. An Amicus spokeswoman said: "Obviously we don't welcome jobs going abroad.... [19 Jul 2005]
Hundreds of Barclays IT jobs under threat
News In a note to staff, Keith Brookes, national secretary at Amicus Unifi warned that it will be a "robust" 12 months for Barclays' IT department. Altogether, some 250 jobs could go in the first wave of... [15 Nov 2004]
Exclusive: Barclays nears £450m offshore outsourcing deal with Accenture
News Earlier this month insurance group Aviva angered the union Amicus when it announced it will move 2,500 jobs from Norwich Union to India during 2004. Barclays is set to sign a £450m IT outsourcing deal... [17 Dec 2003]