N. IRELAND: 200 Jeans Company Workers To Lose Jobs
More than 200 workers are to lose their jobs from the Northern Ireland Jeans Company plants in Londonderry and Newtownards, Co Down. The factory had hoped for a lifeline from PKG but a spokesperson at the factory said they had been left with no choice but to close the plants. The news of the closures has come as a shock to many of the workers; some were in tears as they left the factory last night