Galtee workers prepare for strike action over severance terms

THE owners of the former Galtee meat plant were last night holding crisis meetings with 170 workers to try to avert disruptive strike action, due to begin this morning.

The strike, which was due to commence at 6am, is down to a dispute over severance terms for workers and the way it is reassigning its staff.

In May it was announced that the former Galtee Meats plant, being run by Breeo Foods, a part of Reox Holdings which in itself was spun off from Dairygold last year, was closing with the loss of 70 jobs at the end of the year.