Factory workers at the Sunderland plant have been on stand downs a number of times in the last few month. Meaning they’re given time off with pay, but then have to work the hours back in overtime.
There’s always talk of Nissan closing for years now, but the government woukd keep throwing money at them to keep it open, but theres a real worry now that this could be the end.
You do have to worry about its workforce,as manufacturing in the North East in general is a declining sector with really poor pay these days.