This week the Evening Advertiser reported the case of Liz Hopkins, who is taking Honda to court over the way the car giant treated her.

Liz, 42, rose from being an accountant to becoming finance controller at Honda Trading Europe, the company's imports and exports wing, which is based at Kembrey Park. In legal papers lodged with Swindon County Court she states that Honda overworked her and failed to help her get back to work after being signed off with stress.

Having suffered chronic anxiety and depression, Liz is now an occupational therapy assistant in Sheffield earning £11,000 a year, and is suing Honda Trading for loss of income.

But sadly, bullying and unhappiness is not confined to managerial level, it seems.

A year ago two disgruntled former Honda employees decided to try and give the thousands of staff at South Marston a voice.

Concerned that workers or associates as they are known in Honda didn't know their rights, Chris Watson and Paul Costello set up www.hondaswindon.com

It soon assumed cult status and has garnered more than 90,000 hits in the year it has been running.

As well as providing an outlet for Amicus union news and information on workers' rights, it became a forum for grievances and gripes.

Mr Costello, 35, of Highworth, left Honda in April last year after a tribunal and set up his own cleaning company. He had started in the welding department 12 years earlier.

He said: "Leaving Honda was the best thing I ever did. I think it's disgraceful the way they treat everyone.

"I injured myself in 1996 but Honda couldn't find me a permanent position they pushed me from pillar to post."

Mr Costello bought the domain name and Mr Watson, also a former employee, is the webmaster.

The site has suffered from hackers and was recently revamped. Now people have to register a message it has put some people off, but as proved by the hit counter the flow of visitors to the site who just read it has remained undiminished.

Mr Costello said: "The site isn't just there to bicker and groan. It's to let people know they can stand up for themselves and go to a tribunal if they need to."