SIPTU: Kostal asked workers to take day of unpaid leave

ONE of the biggest employers in Co Limerick yesterday refused to comment on union reports that its workforce has been asked to take one day’s unpaid leave due to a drop in sales.

The slump in the motor industry worldwide has led to a drop in production at Kostal, located in Abbeyfeale.

Kostal employs more than 700 people making electronic components for the automotive sector. In a brief statement yesterday the company said that its markets have been “impacted severely by the current global economic downturn”.