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| Council to call for jobs response | Council to call for jobs response |
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| A special meeting of Belfast City Council is to be held later to discuss recent job losses across the city. | A special meeting of Belfast City Council is to be held later to discuss recent job losses across the city. |
| A motion will be debated calling on the Northern Ireland Executive to co-ordinate a ministerial response to the planned redundancies. | A motion will be debated calling on the Northern Ireland Executive to co-ordinate a ministerial response to the planned redundancies. |
| Another will support the Visteon workers in their demand for a better pay-off deal. | Another will support the Visteon workers in their demand for a better pay-off deal. |
| Workers at the west Belfast plant have been staging a sit in protest since they lost their jobs 10 days ago. | Workers at the west Belfast plant have been staging a sit in protest since they lost their jobs 10 days ago. |
| Talks have been held in New York between union representatives and Visteon senior management to try to find a resolution to the dispute. | Talks have been held in New York between union representatives and Visteon senior management to try to find a resolution to the dispute. |
| Workers at the plant are unhappy that they will only get statutory redundancy as Visteon UK is in administration. | |
| They claim the company's former owner and main customer, Ford, had promised redundancy contracts which they now want to see honoured. | |
| On Wednesday more than 100 people marched through west Belfast in support of the Dunmurry staff who lost their jobs last week. | On Wednesday more than 100 people marched through west Belfast in support of the Dunmurry staff who lost their jobs last week. |
| Councillor Paul Maskey said more had to be done to help workers. | Councillor Paul Maskey said more had to be done to help workers. |
| "This is about highlighting the issues that have affected many Belfast citizens in recent days," he said. | "This is about highlighting the issues that have affected many Belfast citizens in recent days," he said. |
| "We have seen last week over a period of three or four days somewhere in the region of three or four hundred people out of work." | "We have seen last week over a period of three or four days somewhere in the region of three or four hundred people out of work." |
| He said that Visteon workers had been particularly badly treated and they wanted departments to come together to ensure packages were put in place for staff. | He said that Visteon workers had been particularly badly treated and they wanted departments to come together to ensure packages were put in place for staff. |
| "Ministers who have responsibility must do all they can to ensure that people are not treated this way," he said. | "Ministers who have responsibility must do all they can to ensure that people are not treated this way," he said. |