Engine maker Rolls-Royce said Wednesday it plans to cut some 9,000 jobs globally as it grapples with the collapse in air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company based in Derby, England, employs 52,000 people overall, and didn't specify which regions would take the hardest blow. CEO Warren East said most of the cuts will take place in the civil aerospace business, where two-thirds of U.K. employees work. Negotiations are set to begin with unions.
"The news that Rolls-Royce is preparing to throw thousands of skilled, loyal, world-class workers, their families and communities under the bus during the worst public health crisis since 1918 is shameful opportunism," said Steve Turner, assistant general secretary of Unite. "This company has accepted public money to furlough thousands of workers."
The cuts at a big supplier for the aviation industry are a dark signal for Britain's overall economy. Thousands of jobs in a wider pipeline support operations at Rolls-Royce.
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