Tag: #SaveWrightbusJobs
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Ballymena march and rally set for tomorrow to demand government action to secure Wrightbus jobs and skills
Jeff Wright must do the right thing and ‘hand back the land’ to protect jobs and skills Unite Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock reiterated his union’s call for the UK government to act to secure a future for Wrightbus and to safeguard jobs and skills. “Yesterday the Conservative government has promised a new deal for Northern…