Our roundup of some employment news across the island of Ireland in July 2024 begins with bad news from AIB and BD medical technology plant in Co Louth, with the loss of over 300 jobs over the next few years.
AIB proposes 150 voluntary redundancies over next few years
AIB has proposed 150 voluntary redundancies over the next three years.
The bank said it is committed to ‘ensuring services for customers will be maintained at existing levels’.
John O’Connell, General Secretary of the Financial Services Union, (FSU) has described the announcement as ‘short sighted’ and called on the new Minister for Finance Jack Chambers to ‘immediately re-establish the Banking Forum of relevant stakeholders’.
“Customer Service is at the core of the Central Bank of Ireland current consultation process on the Consumer Code of Conduct. It is important that the Central Bank confirm they are satisfied that AIB can deliver on its requirement under the code on services for consumers before any jobs are removed.”
“There has been no serious dialogue about the emergence of AI in the banking sector and what that might mean for jobs and services,” he said.
Billy Barrett, Senior Industrial Relations Officer with the FSU said:
“Staffing levels are already at crisis point in AIB. Reducing staff numbers by 150 will only result in increased anxiety for remaining staff who are already at breaking point.”
The FSU said it has requested ‘additional information’ from the bank on the areas that might be affected.
Company to close plant in Co Louth with 200 jobs to go
Two hundred jobs are to go following the announcement that Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) intends to close its plant in Co Louth in 2026.
The BD medical technology plant in Drogheda was established in 1964.
In a statement, SIPTU called for an ‘immediate Government intervention to protect the local economy’ in the county.
SIPTU Manufacturing Divisional Organiser, Neil McGowan, said the announcement of the plant’s proposed closure is a ‘devastating blow’ to workers, their families and the wider community.
“All stakeholders, including the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke and the IDA must get around the table with us to work on how we can save or attract quality jobs for Drogheda and the surrounding area.”
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