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16/04/2009
Visteon Settlement Looms
Most of the protesting workers at a doomed Belfast factory are to be offered individual cash payments.
The move comes amid efforts to halt a sit-in and protest by the former workers at Visteon Corporation's plant in west Belfast.
The US owners of Visteon indicated that it is willing to offer immediate payment of 16 weeks wages to the majority of staff.
It follows negotiations in London yesterday over the plight of former staff at the car parts plant.
They have been staging a sit-in protest at the site since last month, when administrators KPMG announced it was shutting the facility.
A statement from Visteon Corporation said: "Over time, additional payments would be made increasing their total severance package to the approximate amounts they would have received under their most recent contract."
The firm was formerly owned by Ford with the NI-based workers insisting they have "been sold out" by the global vehicle manufacturer.
It only offered the minimum redundancy packages despite many having worked there for decades after the giant motor company indicated they are not responsible for former Visteon employees.
Nearly 600 jobs were lost at the company's three UK plants - 210 in Belfast - with staff being given less than an hour's notice.
The workers said they were given guarantees on pay and conditions when the company was split off from Ford nine years ago and would only leave when they were offered an adequate deal.
During recent escalation, protesting workers have picketed Ford showrooms in the greater Belfast area, increasing pressure on the US-based firm.
(BMcC/KMcA)
The move comes amid efforts to halt a sit-in and protest by the former workers at Visteon Corporation's plant in west Belfast.
The US owners of Visteon indicated that it is willing to offer immediate payment of 16 weeks wages to the majority of staff.
It follows negotiations in London yesterday over the plight of former staff at the car parts plant.
They have been staging a sit-in protest at the site since last month, when administrators KPMG announced it was shutting the facility.
A statement from Visteon Corporation said: "Over time, additional payments would be made increasing their total severance package to the approximate amounts they would have received under their most recent contract."
The firm was formerly owned by Ford with the NI-based workers insisting they have "been sold out" by the global vehicle manufacturer.
It only offered the minimum redundancy packages despite many having worked there for decades after the giant motor company indicated they are not responsible for former Visteon employees.
Nearly 600 jobs were lost at the company's three UK plants - 210 in Belfast - with staff being given less than an hour's notice.
The workers said they were given guarantees on pay and conditions when the company was split off from Ford nine years ago and would only leave when they were offered an adequate deal.
During recent escalation, protesting workers have picketed Ford showrooms in the greater Belfast area, increasing pressure on the US-based firm.
(BMcC/KMcA)
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Former workers at the Visteon car plant in west Belfast will be attending protests in London. The demonstration coincides with MPs meeting with senior management from Ford. The US firm took over the former Ford plant in 2000. 200 people lost their jobs when the Visteon plant closed two years ago with just one hour’s notice.
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As recession-hit workers in west Belfast continue their protest sit-in for its seventh day, it has emerged that talks in New York this week could decide their fate. The workers are occupying car plants in demand for improved redundancy payments and even held a family fun day on Sunday with speakers supporting their demands for better pay-offs.
Visteon Protest Continues
As recession-hit workers in west Belfast continue their protest sit-in for its seventh day, it has emerged that talks in New York this week could decide their fate. The workers are occupying car plants in demand for improved redundancy payments and even held a family fun day on Sunday with speakers supporting their demands for better pay-offs.
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Unite has said it has reached an agreement with a now-closed factory in West Belfast over pension payments for former staff. The Visteon factory closed five years ago and at the time, the decision led to a number of protests by former workers.
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Unite has said it has reached an agreement with a now-closed factory in West Belfast over pension payments for former staff. The Visteon factory closed five years ago and at the time, the decision led to a number of protests by former workers.
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08 March 2018
300 Construction Jobs To Be Created In Belfast
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300 Construction Jobs To Be Created In Belfast
Around 300 construction jobs are to be created after Radius Housing was granted planning approval for the regeneration of the former Visteon site in Dunmurry.
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