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The decision to close the posts is part of HSBC’s restructuring plan which will cut 30,000 jobs worldwide by 2013. Last year, HSBC cut almost 7,000 jobs.



UNITE National Officer David Fleming expressed the union’s anger at the cuts, arguing that "There is no justification for this awful treatment of staff. How can the bank announce 3,167 staff cuts when it was the workforce that delivered it a profit of £13.8bn last year?”



He condemns “the hypocrisy of CEO Stuart Gulliver taking home £8m, while claiming the bank must cut thousands of staff in order to save money, will not be lost on the workforce."



The Mirror notes that: “In February, it was revealed that eight bosses at HSBC split nearly £30million between them last year as part of the bank’s £2.6billion bonus bonanza – while workers suffered job cuts and below-inflation pay rises.”



UNITE plans to campaign against the cuts, as David Fleming comments: “Unite is outraged that bank workers serving HSBC customers daily are having their jobs cut which will mean service will suffer. Unite will now be meeting with and consulting with its members to plan the next steps in response to this shocking announcement.”