Talk Talk motion of support passed by Southern & Eastern Regional Assembly
Issued : Saturday 17 September, 2011
A motion expressing solidarity with the workers of Talk Talk was passed by the members at a meeting of the Southern & Eastern Regional Assembly on Friday 9th September. The motion expressed deep concern at the loss of nearly 600 jobs in Talk, Talk Waterford and the impact that this would have on the workforce, their families and the local and wider community.
Cllr. Jack Walsh, Waterford City Council who proposed the motion spoke of his anticipation of the next CSO statistics, that they will show a total collapse of jobs in the South East region. He said he hoped there would be “an improvement in the grant structure available to help tackle unemployment and he expects given the magnitude of what has happened in Waterford that there will be an application to the European Globalisation Fund again”. Cllr. Walsh emphasised the effect these job losses would have on the entire region, as workers are drawn from Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford.
The Regional Assembly pledged to engage with all the relevant state agencies to explore all possible avenues to assist the workers who received notice of their redundancy this week. The newly elected Cathaoirleach of the S&E Regional Assembly, Cllr. Tomás Breathnach, Kilkenny County Council, committed to working across all organisations to seek solutions for the workers of Talk, Talk.
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