Category Archives: Manufacturing

Management inform Unite that eighty jobs likely to go at Tayto

Manderley Food Group proposals will mean Tayto’s sixtieth anniversary will be marked with large-scale redundancies at Tandragee April 7th: Sean McKeever, Unite officer for production and packaging workers at Tayto in Tandragee has confirmed he had been informed of a … Continue reading

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Meetings in Ballymena and Larne: opportunity for public to quiz politicians on action for local jobs

Unite has written to invite local political representatives from all parties to attend public meetings in Larne (Thursday 21st April) and Ballymena (Wednesday 27th April) Meetings will be chaired by high profile UTV business editor, Jamie Delargy April 5th: Announcing … Continue reading

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Harland and Wolff announce up to sixty job losses

Unions call for Ministerial intervention to ensure skills retention for future March 10th: Michael Mulholland, Regional Organiser spokesperson for the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering representing his own union, the GMB, and Unite, responded to the announcement of jobs losses … Continue reading

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Ministerial commitment to a proactive strategy on manufacturing is welcome

Strategy must deliver agenda for action to lower energy costs and include programme of public transport infrastructure investment February 22nd: Responding to a speech made by Minister Jonathan Bell in response to the loss of more than 500 jobs at … Continue reading

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Bombardier decision to axe more than 500 jobs another hammer blow to NI manufacturing base

Strategy for Heavy Manufacturing sector must be central to the Programme for Government for incoming NI Executive NI Executive must establish Manufacturing Taskforce to act in face of threat to sector February 17th: Davy Thompson, Regional Coordinating Officer with responsibility … Continue reading

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