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29/03/2011
Visteon Workers In London Protests
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.
Sacked workers staged a month-long sit-in to secure improved redundancy terms.
Union members from Northern Ireland will join with their colleagues from across the UK in a protest to protect their pensions.
The group also plan to hand in a petition to Pensions Minister Iain Duncan Smyth.
(JG)
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.
Sacked workers staged a month-long sit-in to secure improved redundancy terms.
Union members from Northern Ireland will join with their colleagues from across the UK in a protest to protect their pensions.
The group also plan to hand in a petition to Pensions Minister Iain Duncan Smyth.
(JG)
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