Tag: B/E Aerospace
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Unite is preparing to ballot members at Collins Aerospace on strike action after workforce rejects latest inadequate pay offer
Collins Aerospace remains profitable despite aerospace downturn and can afford to pay workers more After a second rejection by the workforce of the latest below-inflation pay offer from management, Unite confirmed that it was proceeding to ballot workers on strike action at the Kilkeel-based Aerospace manufacturer. With the latest 12-month inflation measured by the retail…
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Cautious response to United Technologies takeover of Rockwell Collins
Unite to keep watching brief on fall out as United Technologies identifies $500 million worth of ‘cost synergies’ Regional Officer Susan Fitzgerald, with responsibility for the union’s aerospace membership, issued a cautious response to the confirmation that United Technologies (UTC) would be buying Rockwell Collins (formerly B/E Aerospace limited), based in Kilkeel. “Rockwell Collins is…