Employees of Cork-based dairy company Dairygold will vote on industrial action today in protest at a redundancy programme that will cut 500 jobs.
SIPTU, which represents most of the workers at the company, has opposed any forced redundancies at the company. The union plans to ballot members on the issue of those workers who refused to accept the company's voluntary redundancy package but now find their jobs no longer exist.
Dairygold is seeking to reduce its workforce to prevent losses that could exceed €26 million by 2007.