'Up to 50 people' to lose their jobs before Christmas at Hargreaves' New Cumnock site
As many as 50 people are to lose their jobs just before Christmas at Hargreaves' House of Water site in New Cumnock, the Chronicle understands.
A source contacted the Chronicle to inform us that “around 40 to 50 men” were being made redundant at the coal mining site.
The news comes just a year after the Chronicle reported that the company had reassured employees at the New Cumnock facility that jobs were safe, despite rumours of redundancies.
A spokesperson from Hargreaves confirmed this week that the company had to “make the extremely disappointing decision to start a consultation process” with employees at the House of Water mine.
Read more in next week’s Chronicle.
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