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17/10/2001
Concern grows about further jobs losses at Nortel
Concern is mounting that around 100 more jobs are likely to go at the troubled telecommunications firm Nortel’s Monkstown plant in Northern Ireland and up to 150 jobs are thought to be under threat at the company’s Galway plant in the Republic.
This year the company has already shed 800 jobs, almost halving the workforce employed at the manufacturing plant in Newtownabbey.
The company announced plans to reduce its global workforce by a further 20,000 earlier in October. Nortel said that it was responding to a continued downturn in the telecommunications sector in the US and Europe.
In September 50 jobs were lost following a deal with American company SCI to outsource printed circuit boards that had been previously manufactured in Northern Ireland.
Recently voted Northern Ireland Exporter of the year, Nortel’s Newtownabbey plant remains the global telecommunications firm’s largest operation in Europe. (SP)
This year the company has already shed 800 jobs, almost halving the workforce employed at the manufacturing plant in Newtownabbey.
The company announced plans to reduce its global workforce by a further 20,000 earlier in October. Nortel said that it was responding to a continued downturn in the telecommunications sector in the US and Europe.
In September 50 jobs were lost following a deal with American company SCI to outsource printed circuit boards that had been previously manufactured in Northern Ireland.
Recently voted Northern Ireland Exporter of the year, Nortel’s Newtownabbey plant remains the global telecommunications firm’s largest operation in Europe. (SP)
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