Tag: Ballymena
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Jeff Wright must adopt a rational approach in negotiations to safeguard his family’s legacy
Likelihood is that if jobs go, Wright name will become synonymous with collapse of manufacturing in Ballymena Incoming Chief Executive of Invest NI Kevin Holland must intervene and provide full start-up supports to Wrightbus Unite Regional Coordinating Officer, Davy Thompson challenged Jeff Wright to end his unrealistic and destructive demands and put the interests…
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Jeff Wright has chance to safeguard livelihoods of the Wrightbus workers through eleventh hour intervention
Deadline for resolution of land issue now is 10am tomorrow morning [October 10th] Increasing numbers of workers now face prospect of going to food banks after two weeks without work Unite Regional Officer for Wrightbus, George Brash, urged Jeff Wright to urgently resolve the issue of land ownership currently standing in the way of a sale of…
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Next 48 hours critical to saving 1,200 Wrightbus workers’ jobs as negotiations move to stage of exclusivity
Only barrier remaining to deal to reopen gates and allow workforce back to work is land ownership Worker delegations to visit local offices of political representatives and demand they publicly back call for hand over of land Unite Regional Officer for Wrightbus, George Brash, warned that there was now a real urgency in regards to resolving…
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Wrightbus workers’ rally gives rapturous applause to union demand for Jeff Wright to hand over land
Land ownership is a barrier for four competing bidders keen to reopen gates and restart production Future of Ballymena economy hangs in the balance – every hour and day matters in fight to save jobs and skills Unite Regional Secretary, Jackie Pollock, expressed his pride in the workforce who participated in the largest trade union…
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Wrightbus workforce skills are key to just transition and sustainable public transport policy
Wright family must do the right thing and ‘hand back the land’ to protect jobs and skills Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock reiterated his union’s commitment to securing a future for the workforce in light of headline announcements due to be made by the Chancellor Savid Javid at the Conservative party conference later today. “Unite will…
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Boris Johnson must nationalise to safeguard Ballymena jobs and skills and socially-necessary productive capacity at Wrightbus
Unite warns of devastating consequences of closure to Ballymena and wider economy if business is allowed to fail Unite Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock confirmed that his union had been informed that the Ballymena bus manufacturer Wrightbus had entered administration and that workers had been told they faced immediate redundancy as a result. “Unite officials have…