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29/11/2007
Planning Application Shock For Derry Factory Workers
Management-employee communications at a Londonderry factory seems to have faltered after a planning application for housing to be built on the site of their existing place of work - a Pennyburn plant - was put in a local paper.
Now, some 170 workers at the Arntz Belting facility fear their jobs will be lost and the jobs transferred to a similar factory in Romania.
Last year, workers at the factory, which makes fan belts, went on strike in a row over redundancy payments and in 2005, about 30 jobs were lost at the factory
The parent company, Arntz Optibelt, also has a plant - A&M Belting - at Letterkenny in County Donegal, as part of an operation that employs about 1,200 employees around the world.
(BMcC/JM)
Now, some 170 workers at the Arntz Belting facility fear their jobs will be lost and the jobs transferred to a similar factory in Romania.
Last year, workers at the factory, which makes fan belts, went on strike in a row over redundancy payments and in 2005, about 30 jobs were lost at the factory
The parent company, Arntz Optibelt, also has a plant - A&M Belting - at Letterkenny in County Donegal, as part of an operation that employs about 1,200 employees around the world.
(BMcC/JM)
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The future for a struggling Pennyburn fan belt factory, which currently employs around 110 people, is looking bleak. The manufacturing plant, Arntz Belting Company, went to a three-day week in December and also sought 28 redundancies in March. However, the global recession has led to the firm's parent company looking at further cuts.
Derry's Arntz Belting Heads For Trouble
The future for a struggling Pennyburn fan belt factory, which currently employs around 110 people, is looking bleak. The manufacturing plant, Arntz Belting Company, went to a three-day week in December and also sought 28 redundancies in March. However, the global recession has led to the firm's parent company looking at further cuts.
31 May 2005
Derry fan belt factory to axe 30 jobs
Around 30 jobs are to go at a fan belt factory in Londonderry, it emerged today. Management at the Arntz Belting factory have not made any official announcement in regard to the cuts, however engineering union Amicus said the company is planning to transfer one of its departments to a plant in Germany.
Derry fan belt factory to axe 30 jobs
Around 30 jobs are to go at a fan belt factory in Londonderry, it emerged today. Management at the Arntz Belting factory have not made any official announcement in regard to the cuts, however engineering union Amicus said the company is planning to transfer one of its departments to a plant in Germany.
20 February 2004
Car components factory to shut with loss of 550 jobs
A car components factory in east Belfast has announced it is to close with the loss of 550 jobs. Staff at the Dundonald plant of Japanese owned TK-ECC, formerly known as Fisher Body, were informed of the shock decision by management when they turned up for work at 9am on Friday morning.
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29 January 2002
Solectron expected to cut 200 jobs at County Antrim plant
More than 200 jobs look set to be lost at an electronics firm in County Antrim as a result of a downturn in the ailing technology sector. US based company Solectron is planning to close its factory in Carrickfergus and has issued its entire workforce with 90-day redundancy notices.
Solectron expected to cut 200 jobs at County Antrim plant
More than 200 jobs look set to be lost at an electronics firm in County Antrim as a result of a downturn in the ailing technology sector. US based company Solectron is planning to close its factory in Carrickfergus and has issued its entire workforce with 90-day redundancy notices.
11 June 2008
Derry Workers Lose Their Shirts As Last Jobs Cut
Workers are loosing their shirts in a Londonderry factory closure. After cutting some 85 jobs back in January, the remaining 30 workers at Glenaden Shirts on the Waterside's Trench Road have been told they are to be paid off.
Derry Workers Lose Their Shirts As Last Jobs Cut
Workers are loosing their shirts in a Londonderry factory closure. After cutting some 85 jobs back in January, the remaining 30 workers at Glenaden Shirts on the Waterside's Trench Road have been told they are to be paid off.
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