Visteon union to hold talks with management

Representatives of workers at troubled Belfast car parts factory Visteon are to hold talks with management later today.

Representatives of workers at troubled Belfast car parts factory Visteon are to hold talks with management later today.

Visteon sacked 210 workers from its Belfast plant on Tuesday with two other factories in England also sustaining 355 job losses.

Workers have been protesting at the Belfast plant and at the company's premises in Enfield and Basildon.

Workers claim that Visteon’s order book is determined by Ford. Workers who said they were once promised a “job for life” with Ford said the least they want is decent Ford redundancy terms.

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Unite union officials will meet Ford management to discuss the shut-down and redundancy terms today.

The west Belfast factory had been under threat of closure since 2005 but workers say they intend to remain on site until a rescue plan is formulated to save jobs or better redundancy packages are on the table.

In a statement, published on Tuesday, administrators Jim Tucker and John Hansen, from KPMG, said the UK business has not been profitable since its incorporation in 2000, and its reported losses since total £669 million (€723 million). Various restructurings were attempted by Visteon UK (VUK), but none have been successful.