ADM union dispute leads to 160 temporary layoffs

Sean O’Riordan

Unions at the ADM plant in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, called on Tánaiste Mary Harney to intervene yesterday, after the dispute escalated with the announcement that all staff were being laid off.

A number of SIPTU workers at the plant claimed that since March 5 they have been locked out by management because they have refused to undertake new working arrangements, which they said were foisted upon them without consultation.