Urgent need for confirmation of financial support package for JLR supply-chain companies

Unite has challenged management at Linamar, Dunmurry on their proposals to lay-off 40 temporary, agency workers. The site is a supplier to Jaguar-Land Rover (JLR) and the lay-offs are a response to the protracted cyberattack-related shutdown of production at JLR plants across the UK. 

The union is engaged with government on a support package for JLR supply chain companies which will avoid job-losses, closures and the loss of vital manufacturing capacity during the shutdown.

General secretary Sharon Graham said, “Linamar workers cannot be expected to pay the price for this cyberattack.

“Given the expectation of UK government intervention to safeguard jobs and skills – there is no justification for any lay-offs at Linamar.”

Unite regional officer Norman Cunningham said: “Linamar workers and their families face an immediate threat of redundancy and a financial cliff-edge. Financial support for the JLR supply chain must be swiftly is delivered to avoid workers being forced onto benefits.”