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25/06/2001
NORTEL TO MAKE FURTHER JOBS CUTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS company Nortel has announced it is to make a further 330 people redundant at its Northern Ireland plant in Monkstown.
This is the fourth time the company has cut jobs at the factory this year. The company blamed the continuing global downturn in the demand for telecommunications equipment for the job cuts. They mean that from a peak of 2,400, the workforce at Monkstown will have fallen to 1,600.
Until only a few months ago, Nortel was involved in a massive recruitment drive as increasing use of the internet led telecommunications companies to invest heavily in their infrastructure.
However, a slowdown in demand for internet-related equipment has led to a programme of jobs cuts and contraction which has hit the company worldwide.
However, earlier this month, Nortel won the Northern Ireland Exporter of the Year award. The company, which is a subsidiary of the Canadian-owned global high-tech corporation, received the honour at a gala presentation at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. (MB)
This is the fourth time the company has cut jobs at the factory this year. The company blamed the continuing global downturn in the demand for telecommunications equipment for the job cuts. They mean that from a peak of 2,400, the workforce at Monkstown will have fallen to 1,600.
Until only a few months ago, Nortel was involved in a massive recruitment drive as increasing use of the internet led telecommunications companies to invest heavily in their infrastructure.
However, a slowdown in demand for internet-related equipment has led to a programme of jobs cuts and contraction which has hit the company worldwide.
However, earlier this month, Nortel won the Northern Ireland Exporter of the Year award. The company, which is a subsidiary of the Canadian-owned global high-tech corporation, received the honour at a gala presentation at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. (MB)
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18 June 2002
Fears for jobs at Nortel plant in Monkstown
With the recent announcement of global cutbacks from Canadian telecommunication giant Nortel fears are mounting about the safety of jobs at the company’s County Antrim plant in Monkstown. At the end of May the company revealed another phase of restructuring which could see around 3,500 jobs being lost worldwide.
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With the recent announcement of global cutbacks from Canadian telecommunication giant Nortel fears are mounting about the safety of jobs at the company’s County Antrim plant in Monkstown. At the end of May the company revealed another phase of restructuring which could see around 3,500 jobs being lost worldwide.
01 July 2009
Nortel Cuts Yet More Jobs
Telecoms giant Nortel has laid off 150 staff across the UK, all without redundancy pay. Nortel's Toronto-based HQ filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US in January and also put its UK arm into administration. At the end of March, 228 workers, including 87 from Nortel's facility in Co Antrim were laid off from its UK operation.
Nortel Cuts Yet More Jobs
Telecoms giant Nortel has laid off 150 staff across the UK, all without redundancy pay. Nortel's Toronto-based HQ filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US in January and also put its UK arm into administration. At the end of March, 228 workers, including 87 from Nortel's facility in Co Antrim were laid off from its UK operation.
20 June 2002
200 jobs go at Nortel's Monkstown plant
Nortel's Monkstown plant is to suffer 200 job cuts following the management's decision to swing the jobs axe across its entire business. The County Antrim factory will see its 1,000-strong workforce slashed by a fifth as the global parent company attempts to reduce operating costs and achieve a return to profitability.
200 jobs go at Nortel's Monkstown plant
Nortel's Monkstown plant is to suffer 200 job cuts following the management's decision to swing the jobs axe across its entire business. The County Antrim factory will see its 1,000-strong workforce slashed by a fifth as the global parent company attempts to reduce operating costs and achieve a return to profitability.
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