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Lack of serious action by UK government to defend Bombardier jobs indefensible

BBC Spotlight revelations show there is no ‘confidence and supply’ for workforce faced with 292 per cent import duty threat UK business minister offers excuses for months of delay in sending a meagre four page government submission January 24th: Jackie Pollock, Ireland Secretary for Unite expressed his union’s anger at revelations that the UK government…

January 24, 2018

Unite accuses government of ‘raising the white flag’ in Bombardier tariff fight

January 10th: The UK and Ireland’s largest union, Unite warned the UK government that it was ‘raising the white flag’ without a fight to save Bombardier jobs today (Wednesday 10 January) as it said it was demanding an urgent meeting with the new secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley. The warning came as…

January 10, 2018

Time for an industrial strategy that will safeguard jobs and skills in Northern Ireland

If Northern Ireland parties won’t act – UK government must intervene and bring forward effective industrial strategy Government must adopt interventionist approach to safeguard Northern Ireland jobs and skills Following the announcement of more than five hundred job losses in two of Northern Ireland’s highest value-added manufacturing companies, Davy Thompson, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer, called…

October 26, 2017

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Lack of serious action by UK government to defend Bombardier jobs indefensible

Unite accuses government of ‘raising the white flag’ in Bombardier tariff fight

Time for an industrial strategy that will safeguard jobs and skills in Northern Ireland