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| Bombardier cutting jobs in Belfast | Bombardier cutting jobs in Belfast |
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| Bombardier in Belfast is planning to cut up to 390 jobs as a result of a company restructuring. | Bombardier in Belfast is planning to cut up to 390 jobs as a result of a company restructuring. |
| The firm will be cutting 300 temporary and contract jobs, and is seeking 90 redundancies from its permanent workforce. | The firm will be cutting 300 temporary and contract jobs, and is seeking 90 redundancies from its permanent workforce. |
| The aerospace company is one of Northern Ireland's biggest employers. | The aerospace company is one of Northern Ireland's biggest employers. |
| About 5,000 permanent employees and about 1,000 temporary and contract staff work at its Belfast base. | About 5,000 permanent employees and about 1,000 temporary and contract staff work at its Belfast base. |
| The Canadian firm is cutting about 1,800 jobs across its global operations. | The Canadian firm is cutting about 1,800 jobs across its global operations. |
| Over the past four years, the firm has increased its total workforce in Northern Ireland by more than 1,200, primarily through contract jobs. | Over the past four years, the firm has increased its total workforce in Northern Ireland by more than 1,200, primarily through contract jobs. |
| A company spokesperson said: "Unfortunately we now need to reduce our workforce levels. | A company spokesperson said: "Unfortunately we now need to reduce our workforce levels. |
| "We deeply regret the impact this will have on those affected and their families." | "We deeply regret the impact this will have on those affected and their families." |
| Jackie Pollock from the Unite union described the job losses as a "devastating blow". | |
| "I think from the announcement Bombardier made in July about reorganisation for their worldwide operations, everybody has been apprehensive about how Belfast was going to be affected," he said. | |
| "We see now the news that just short of 400 people are going to lose their livelihoods, but the knock-on effect of that, there would be hundreds of other jobs supplemented with those 400." | |
| He said the union would be doing its utmost to "mitigate" the number of jobs affected and "hopefully bring those numbers down". | |
| Alliance MP Naomi Long said it was a "significant blow" for the local economy. | |
| "While it will bring no comfort to those who will lose their jobs at Bombardier, the local management hope it will stabilise the workforce in the medium term," said the East Belfast MP. | |
| "The fact the company is still committed to commencing 40 new apprenticeships next month also indicates confidence in the longer-term about the company and its Northern Ireland base. | |
| "Even with this recent number of redundancies, the overall number of staff in Bombardier is now greater than in 2009, when the industry was hit particularly hard by the recession." |