Bombardier in Belfast to bring forward 95 redundancies

Almost 100 redundancies at Bombardier are being brought forward.

The aerospace manufacturing company in Belfast announced it was axing over 1 thousand jobs earlier this year.

However, core permanent staff could be let go sooner than expected.

Unite the union is demanding talks with Stormont Ministers to discuss issues within the manufacturing sector.

Davy Thompson, Regional Coordinating Officer said: 

"This announcement brings to 735 the number of workers at the former Shorts site who are set to lose their jobs this year.

“The heavy manufacturing sector has been decimated by three major closures in the Belfast and Ballymena areas and we have witnessed a drip feed of redundancies in Bombardier (Shorts), Caterpillar (FG Wilson) and most recently at DuPont site in the North West.

"These losses now amount to thousands of direct and indirect job losses.

“We have heard all the nice words from Stormont and can expect more of the same again today but we continue to wait for them to announce what plans they have to support this vital sector.

“The failure to commit to a stand-alone industrial strategy in Northern Ireland is inexplicable when we face particular challenges in the context of the recent Brexit vote and compares to a situation where even the new Tory Prime Minister has announced she will be bringing forward an industrial strategy for England”, Mr Thompson concluded.