'We have a crisis in manufacturing' - Unite union reacts to hundreds of job cuts

Oct 26, 2017, 09:12 AM

Bombardier, the areospace firm, is planning to cut another 280 jobs at its Northern Ireland operations, the Unite union has said. Last year Bombardier cut 1,000 jobs in Northern Ireland, which was about 20% of its local workforce. Meanwhile the oil field services firm Schlumberger is proposing to close its Newtownabbey plant next year putting more than 200 jobs at risk. Chris got reaction from Davy Thompson from Unite union.