Fujitsu in Farriers Way, Netherton _460
The agency workers earned the minimum wage of just £5.75 an hour from Fujitsu, which last week topped the league table of companies lavishing corporate hospitality on top Whitehall civil servants. One of the sacked staff, Paula Kenny, 21, from Walton, was just a few days short of celebrating her third year at the company.
She said: “They said they had to finish us up and then gave us just half an hour's notice to clear our desks and say goodbye to the permanent staff. We were all in total shock.
“Then we were escorted from the building and had our passes taken off us. It felt as if we had done something wrong, rather than having worked loyally for them for years.
“I just couldn't believe it – three years is a long time without getting a penny in redundancy."
Liverpool Walton MP Peter Kilfoyle accused both Fujitsu and Kellys of “exploitation.”
He said: “This is what happens when we fail to give our workers the same protection as workers in other parts of Europe.Employers couldn't get away with this anywhere else on the continen.”
