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05/06/2003
Shorts announce 1,000 job cuts
Shorts have announced an accelerated set of cutbacks that will see over 1,000 jobs go at the Belfast aerospace company.
According to Bombardier, the move to cut the Belfast workforce follows on from a decision by the workforce to reject changes in pay and conditions at the plant.
It had been hoped that a recent announcement by parent company Bombardier that it had won a contract worth over $2 billion for US Airways for regional jets would safeguard jobs for the remaining workforce, although the order was considered insufficient to prevent 580 redundancies already in the pipeline from being implemented.
However, it was reported today that in a bulletin to staff Shorts announced that the redundancy programme was being accelerated in light of the failure to reach agreement on the pay and conditions package with the workers.
One of Northern Ireland’s largest employers, Bombardier’s Short Bros plant produces engine nacelles and control surface structures for the firm’s regional jets.
The downturn in the aerospace sector following September 11 terrorist attacks has been blamed for a slump in orders for aircraft, despite relatively good sales of regional jets.
(SP)
According to Bombardier, the move to cut the Belfast workforce follows on from a decision by the workforce to reject changes in pay and conditions at the plant.
It had been hoped that a recent announcement by parent company Bombardier that it had won a contract worth over $2 billion for US Airways for regional jets would safeguard jobs for the remaining workforce, although the order was considered insufficient to prevent 580 redundancies already in the pipeline from being implemented.
However, it was reported today that in a bulletin to staff Shorts announced that the redundancy programme was being accelerated in light of the failure to reach agreement on the pay and conditions package with the workers.
One of Northern Ireland’s largest employers, Bombardier’s Short Bros plant produces engine nacelles and control surface structures for the firm’s regional jets.
The downturn in the aerospace sector following September 11 terrorist attacks has been blamed for a slump in orders for aircraft, despite relatively good sales of regional jets.
(SP)
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