THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Riverside MP Louise Ellman are campaigning to save 435 jobs at the Virgin Media site on Liverpool’s Albert Dock.

The telecoms company announced plans last month to shut the site by April and switch work to Swansea which has room for expansion.

The group said no jobs would be lost due to relocation opportunities for its own 25 staff and agency workers with Adecco and IBM.

However, the CWU has submitted proposals to Virgin for alternative, less expensive sites which it says would safeguard the jobs for Merseyside.

CWU deputy general secretary Andy Kerr said: “This is scandalous behaviour from a household brand.”

In a statement Virgin Media said: “Proposals such as these can be unsettling for affected staff and our highest priority is to ensure we are responding to feedback through the ongoing consultation process and continuing to communicate openly with our people.

“We are working with Adecco, their current employer, to try to help them mitigate job losses as much as possible.”

Meanwhile, the group said demand for superfast broadband and its new digital television recording service helped reverse a decline in cable customers.