BBC Radio Berkshire Interview with the Rt Hon Theresa May, MP for Maidenhead
29th May 2009
29th May 2009
BBC Radio Berkshire Interview with Ex-Nortel employee David Rose (One of the 229)
12th May 2009
BBC Radio Essex Interview with Ex-Nortel employee James Parker (One of the 229)
12th May 2009
On the 12th May 2009, following meetings with several MP’s, a group of the severed employees of Nortel UK protest outside the Ernst & Young offices in London in response to the appalling way they have been treated by Nortel and Ernst & Young
29th May 2009
BBC Radio Berkshire Interview with Ex-Nortel employee Tim Rossiter (One of the 229 )
More from Canada!
CBC News at Six - March 20, 2009: Eli Karp, lawyer from Juroviesky and Ricci LLP
Nortel terminated employees opposed Nortel's motion to pay bonuses to its 8 top executives. The reason for his opposition is that his clients are amongst 1100 terminated employees owed $100 million of severance pay. The $45 million being paid as bonuses to the top executives could have contributed to severance pay. Now the public employment insurance fund bears the cost of Nortel's terminations, while its top executives pay themselves large bonuses.
CBC News at Six - March 20, 2009: Eli Karp, lawyer from Juroviesky and Ricci LLP
Nortel terminated employees opposed Nortel's motion to pay bonuses to its 8 top executives. The reason for his opposition is that his clients are amongst 1100 terminated employees owed $100 million of severance pay. The $45 million being paid as bonuses to the top executives could have contributed to severance pay. Now the public employment insurance fund bears the cost of Nortel's terminations, while its top executives pay themselves large bonuses.
20th March 2009
18th June 2009
Mike Zafirovski faces the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance to explain why Nortel is still offering bonuses at a time when employees are being made redundant without severance, and pensions are being reduced.
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Picture from the Toronto Star
20th March 2009
It’s not just the UK!
They did the same to the Canadian Employees! Interview with Diane Urquhart, independent financial analyst. She said the Nortel restructuring plan is costing Canadian taxpayers, but the effect is less obvious. "To cut costs you terminate employees and also to cut costs you don't pay those terminated employees severance pay. But clearly these employees still have monthly bills to pay and they're going to go on public employment insurance plans,"
They did the same to the Canadian Employees! Interview with Diane Urquhart, independent financial analyst. She said the Nortel restructuring plan is costing Canadian taxpayers, but the effect is less obvious. "To cut costs you terminate employees and also to cut costs you don't pay those terminated employees severance pay. But clearly these employees still have monthly bills to pay and they're going to go on public employment insurance plans,"
25th June 2009
BBC Radio Berkshire Interview with Ex-Nortel employee Lynn Forbes (One of the 229 )
Yet more from Canada!
Lawyer representing ex Nortel employees speaks out against executive bonuses
Lawyer representing ex Nortel employees speaks out against executive bonuses
20th March 2009
On the 6th August 2009, severed ex-Nortel employees deliver a clear message outside of the Ernst & Young offices in London
6th August 2009
ITN Channel 4 News item reporting the lack of consultation by Insolvency Practitioners when making employees redundant in the UK. This news item highlights the Nortel case with Ernst & Young acting as the Court appointed Insolvency Practitioners.
22nd December 2009