CSC plans to cut down its UK staff

London, Apr 10 (UNI) Computer Sciences Corporation has announced its plans to double its headcount in India to 10,000 by next year, whereas the IT services firm will cut 1,200 jobs in its UK arm.

The UK job cuts form part of a company-wide move to reduce its headcount by 5,000, mainly in Europe. In August last year, the UK arm of CSC signed an agreement with union Amicus that promised no compulsory redundancies and pledged to invest in the skills of its UK staff.

But Mr Peter Skyte, national officer at Amicus, told a computer magazine that the company would not now stand by those guarantees.

''CSC is a highly profitable company making substantial profits from its UK staff. A highly skilled UK workforce is being pillaged to pump up the share price in advance of a sale of the company. We will hold the company to its obligations to avoid compulsory redundancies and reduce the number of employees to be dismissed in the UK,'' he said.

CSC's UK representatives refused to comment.

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