A WORKFORCE whose commitment and skills are the envy of mills around the world is this week preparing for the worst on the back of Hawick Knitwear's shock announcement of yet more job cuts at its Liddesdale Road factory.
Thirty-two face the axe in the latest round of redundancies which, according to company bosses, will "safeguard the future of the business". Who are they trying to kid?
It's just that back in December the same mill bosses were confident trade would "pick up" at the turn of the year. Instead, the beleagured firm is shedding even more workers and trying to chip away at the terms and conditons of the remaining employees.
It's a desperately sad situation and one which has disturbing similarities to the demise of Pringle's Glebe Mill last summer. There's a chilling air of inevitability about the situation at Hawick Knitwear, just as there was at the Glebe for many years. So much so, that for many, it's now not a question of if, but when, the factory will eventually close.
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