Tag: Bombardier
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Unite shop stewards at Bombardier have a second meeting with council party leaders to raise threat of compulsory redundancies and outsourcing
After current round of redundancies Northern Ireland workforce will be one-third what it was eight years ago Union blasts Bombardier corporate plan to make five thousand workers redundant globally to increase operating profits by $250 million March 14th: Susan Fitzgerald, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer responsible for Bombardier confirmed that shop stewards this morning met with…
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Bombardier bosses must remove threat of compulsory redundancies hanging over Northern Ireland workforce
Up to a hundred compulsory redundancies planned despite large numbers having their applications for voluntary redundancy rejected Workforce are questioning why Northern Ireland sites are facing the threat of compulsory redundancy while in Canada workers are being ‘reclassified’ rather than let go. March 10th: Susan Fitzgerald, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer responsible for her union’s membership…
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Bombardier announce 490 redundancies among NI workforce with further job-losses likely as a result of outsourcing, reduction of agency and contract workers
Latest redundancy bombshell comes despite mounting profits as corporate bosses restructure to meet financial market demands Global trade union response needed to challenge corporate race-to-bottom agenda of offshoring, outsourcing and retrenchment November 21st: Responding to news that Bombardier will make 490 workers at its Northern Ireland plants redundant as part of a wider retrenchment plan…
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Concerns that 5,000 Bombardier global jobs cull may once again cost Northern Ireland jobs
Latest redundancy plans come despite mounting profits as company attempts ‘fire-sale’ to meet financial market demands Unite will engage with unions representing workers under threat in other countries to coordinate global trade union response November 8th: This afternoon, Bombardier announced plans to cut a further five thousand jobs globally across all sections of the corporation.…
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Bombardier workforce hand in collective grievance over management outsourcing
Almost 3,000 workers across all five Bombardier sites in Northern Ireland have signed grievance Unite Assistant General Secretary Steve Turner has written to Alain Bellemare, Bombardier President and CEO seeking urgent meeting October 29th: This afternoon, the workforce handed a collective grievance to Bombardier management over continued outsourcing and offshoring of jobs and functions. Unite…
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Anger and concern among workforce at Bombardier management over further outsourcing
Without warning sell-off to ‘Lauak Group’ of France is latest incident of offshoring and outsourcing impacting jobs in Northern Ireland Bombardier corporate management should remember the determination and strength demonstrated by workers during threat to jobs from US tariffs August 30th: Susan Fitzgerald, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer responded to news that Bombardier would be selling-off…