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Barclaycard closes call centre, offshores to India
News An Amicus representative said the union believes it to be "totally inappropriate" for a large and highly profitable employer such as Barclaycard to be announcing closures and job losses. But... [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]
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. Hilary McVitty, head... [19 Jul 2005]
IBM 'slash and burn' may hit UK first, union fears
News Amicus, which has more than one million members, said that is cheaper and easier for IBM to make redundancies in the UK than anywhere else in Europe. A spokesman for Amicus said: "We've called it a slash... [06 May 2005]
Lloyds TSB to offshore 1,000 jobs to India
News The move has also been agreed with trade union Unifi-Amicus under the terms of the offshoring consultation agreement reached earlier this year, where Lloyds TSB committed to engage the union at the concept stage of any... [10 Nov 2004]
Amicus threatens to strike over offshoring
News Delegates from the finance workers' section of trade union Amicus are meeting today in Scarborough to vote on industrial action over offshoring by banks and finance companies. An Amicus spokesman said:... [01 Jul 2004]
Inside offshoring: Job losses and the backlash
Comment Somebody in Amicus comes and makes a statement and then they show a photo of a train packed with people," he said. Two of the most contentious aspects of the offshore outsourcing debate are the argument about the loss of... [26 May 2004]
Two keys to offshoring: Education and training
News Research into consumers' attitudes shows 60 per cent aren't only worried about offshoring but about their own jobs," said David Fleming, national secretary of union Amicus, speaking at an event on Tuesday evening run by... [10 Mar 2004]
IT staff await news of British Airways job cuts
News The Amicus union, which represents some BA staff, told silicon.com it had been consulted by the airline, although it was unable to reveal details about where the losses would be. Reports indicate that... [27 Jan 2004]
Unions attempt to block 200,000 call centre job losses
News Fresh from its partial victory over BT's outsourcing plans, the union is joining two others, Amicus and Unify, to mount a public campaign and to lobby against this danger to "jobs and the economy". Up to 200,000 jobs... [03 Jun 2003]
