25/10/2008 22:11. ANGRY workers stormed out of Southamptons Ford plant last night complaining they are being kept in the dark.

About 40 walked out of the factory an hour before their shift was due to end, marking the second walkout in one week.

The protests come after the motor giant announced plans to slash output from 75,000 vehicles to just 35,000 chassis cabs, cut jobs and export Transit production to Turkey.

Workers and unions claim if the plant is reduced to this level it will spell the beginning of the end for the factory.

One worker told the Daily Echo: We have had a gut full.

We are not being told anything and that is why we are doing this. Another said: We cant work with this uncertainty, not knowing if we are going to have jobs. Ford decisions are not made in weeks they are made in... // Southern Daily Echo

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First News Article: Southern Daily Echo, 23/10/2008 02:31