Some experts are predicting that THIRTY THOUSAND workers will be kicked out. And there are fears of a branches bloodbath, with dozens of closures on Scotland's high streets. Graham Goddard, deputy general secretary of banking union Unite, said last night: "The corporate greed of large institutions has brought the financial market to its knees. "The major job losses in the sector are fundamentally caused by precarious investments and transactions by bankers pursuing large rewards. "Staff must not pay the price for corporate greed. We will not accept compulsory redundancies." HBOS had been one of Britain's Big Five banks since 2001, when the Halifax merged with the Bank of Scotland. But the price of the bank's shares crashed with shocking speed this week after the collapse of US giant Lehman's spread panic through world stock markets. The value of HBOS fell by as much as 70 per cent amid fears they could struggle to keep paying their colossal debts.