Cost-cutting proposals ‘disgraceful’, say workers

WATERFORD CRYSTAL workers say the company’s proposed cost-cutting package is “disgraceful” and insist none of the plans been agreed with the staff.

Union bosses yesterday accused management of resorting to "sound bites" when saying up to half of Waterford Crystal products were made at almost a third of the price in other eurozone countries where the company has plants.

The proposed cost cuts will be discussed and there is a long way to go before anything is signed off, union bosses said. They also said it does not follow that just because there is restructuring there has to be a pay freeze.