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15/02/2005
Shorts follow through with 280 jobs cuts
Belfast aerospace company Shorts has confirmed it is to axe up to 280 jobs as part of cutbacks announced last Autumn.
The company, owned by Canadian-based parent Bombardier, announced it was scaling back production of a number of aircraft last October, and said the jobs would go over the next couple of weeks.
In a statement the company said: "We deeply regret having to implement this reduction in our employment levels. Unfortunately, customer requirements have not significantly changed during the consultation period with our unions.
“However, we have benefited from some repatriation of outsourced work, which has managed to protect around 100 jobs. We will continue to explore more opportunities for repatriating work as there is still a risk of a further surplus later in the year."
Ulster Unionist East Belfast assembly member, and former Trade Minister, Sir Reg Empey, has called on the government to intervene to help retrain those affected by today’s announcement.
In a statement, Sir Reg said: “My deep sympathies go out to the families involved. At this time of great uncertainty, I call upon the government to do what it can to offer retraining options so that those affected can bounce back quickly from today’s regrettable news.”
Shorts said it hoped the redundancies would be achieved through voluntary measures.
However, further job losses could not be ruled out later in the year due to continuing market uncertainty, but said it was taking steps to mitigate the situation.
(MB/SP)
The company, owned by Canadian-based parent Bombardier, announced it was scaling back production of a number of aircraft last October, and said the jobs would go over the next couple of weeks.
In a statement the company said: "We deeply regret having to implement this reduction in our employment levels. Unfortunately, customer requirements have not significantly changed during the consultation period with our unions.
“However, we have benefited from some repatriation of outsourced work, which has managed to protect around 100 jobs. We will continue to explore more opportunities for repatriating work as there is still a risk of a further surplus later in the year."
Ulster Unionist East Belfast assembly member, and former Trade Minister, Sir Reg Empey, has called on the government to intervene to help retrain those affected by today’s announcement.
In a statement, Sir Reg said: “My deep sympathies go out to the families involved. At this time of great uncertainty, I call upon the government to do what it can to offer retraining options so that those affected can bounce back quickly from today’s regrettable news.”
Shorts said it hoped the redundancies would be achieved through voluntary measures.
However, further job losses could not be ruled out later in the year due to continuing market uncertainty, but said it was taking steps to mitigate the situation.
(MB/SP)
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