Threat to 465 jobs at aircraft plant

A DUBLIN-based aircraft maintenance company has threatened to close with the loss of 465 jobs if staff do not lift an overtime ban which has been ongoing for three months.

Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland yesterday told staff at the Rathcoole facility that unless the overtime ban imposed last March the survival of the company was at risk and closing was most likely.

The firm said the unions were carrying out the action in pursuit of a 2.5% pay increase sought under the last national wage agreement but said that agreement had collapsed.