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Kier looks to drop crane drivers

Submitted by on Friday, 6 August 2010No Comment

Kier Plant – the UK-based rental division of Kier Construction – has launched a 30 day consultation period with its remaining crane operators as part of a proposal to drop all directly employed operators. The company’s 38 tower and crawler crane operators were informed of the proposal in a meeting at the end of July. The decision been driven by the unprecedented depression in the construction business resulting in extreme competition on rates.

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