Waterford management criticised over job losses

AS union leaders prepare to meet senior management at the troubled Waterford Crystal plant this morning, local councillors have been voicing their dissatisfaction with the way the 480 job cuts were announced last week.

At yesterday’s meeting of the county council there was also severe criticism of management at the plant for offering no alternative but a complete closure of the Dungarvan facility from the end of the summer.

Labour’s Billy Kyne said the developments reflected very poorly on management at the plant. He said the staff had always been the ones to bend over backwards in crisis situations, being flexible and innovative and piloting robotics at the plant.