Bausch & Lomb to invest €90m and create 130 jobs at Waterford plant
Contact lens manufacturer announces major new investment
Contact lens manufacturer announces major new investment
Despite popular belief, the majority of new jobs created by IDA-backed companies are outside of Dublin
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Production lines for new lenses will create 100 jobs over the next four years
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Bausch & Lomb opens €85m extension to bring total Waterford employment to 1,300
Ballot on 9.5% three-year deal wins 80% support from workers at contact lens plant
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Siptu workers seeking full return to pay and conditions in place before 2014 deal to prevent closure of business
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Announcement comes less than a year after facility was on verge of closing
Contact lens maker is to invest €41m in its Waterford facility over the next 18 months
Eye-care company is currently in the process of implementing 200 job cuts
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Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton says company committed to investing in the Waterford plant
Proposal for Waterford plant must also be backed by almost 100 TEEU members
New offer sees pay cut of 7.5% rather than the 20% originally tabled
Contact lens-maker has “modified” its starting position which sought almost 200 redundancies
Canadian-based company said Allergan’s refusal to enter talks left it with no option but to go hostile
Democratic senator Charles Schumer called for jobs to be moved to New York
Siptu hopes to reduce numbers affected by management’s 200-job redundancy plan
Contact lens maker wants 20 per cent pay cut on top of 200 redundancies
Waterford workers appear to have little leverage in battle to soften swingeing cuts
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Multinational has threatened to close Waterford plant if cost-saving measures are not accepted
Minister says department had been working to secure some jobs at company for a while
Scale of cuts savage despite a certain expectation of bad news
TDs complains of little action to generate new employment opportunities
Contact lens maker also seeking 20% pay cuts to bring subsidary in line with other divisions
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