Bausch and Lomb's Waterford staff 'infuriated' as GP scheme withdrawn over industrial action

Members have demanded that management give them a sufficient pay rise, saying this would not only support them during the current cost-of-living crisis, but also bring the company in line with other pharmaceutical companies in the region

Bausch and Lomb staff taking part in today's work stoppage

Workers at Bausch and Lomb's plant in Waterford set up pickets for the first time in the company's 42-year history in the city on Saturday afternoon.

More than 100 Siptu members began what is set to be a series of two-hour work stoppages outside the company's entrances, after negotiations to avert industrial action failed this week.