New threat to Stanley jobs over relocation

MORE than 120 manufacturing workers at one of Waterford’s longest-established manufacturing plants have been told they will be issued with protective notice on Monday unless they relocate to a new plant.

New fears hung over the future of jobs at Waterford Stanley yesterday as management refused to bow to union demands for a relocation reward of €2,300 for each of its employees.

Staff want the allowance paid before they move from Bilberry on the south bank of the River Suir to the city Industrial Park, about three miles away on the opposite side of the city.