HUNDREDS of workers at Rists in Accrington and William Blythe chemicals in Church and Hapton were left reeling after a double job cut blow. Staff at Rists were told 169 part-time jobs in the evening shift wiring assembly operators would go. Another 40 jobs would be axed at WM Blythe chemicals.
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