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Northern Ireland: Bombardier staff reject pay freeze
BOMBARDIER aircraft builders in Northern Ireland overwhelmingly rejected a management-proposed pay freeze yesterday.
On top of the two-year moratorium on wage rises, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer had demanded that staff work an extra hour on Fridays over the same period.
The company, which employs around 5,500 people at its east Belfast factory, claimed it had to cut costs by 20 per cent by 2017.
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