Factory workers prepare to move

WORKERS at Waterford Stanley are to take an extra week’s leave on top of the traditional week off at the beginning of June to allow production to be transferred to a new plant three miles away.

When the 120 manufacturing staff return from their fortnight off, half of them will transfer to the new plant on the Cork Road. The remaining staff will work for a short while at the Bilberry plant, before that operation closes.

Protective notice still has not been withdrawn, following the workers’ vote to accept a revised relocation and productivity deal. One staff member said workers “reluctantly accepted the deal” as they were anxious that they could not be blamed for the closure of the plant.