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| Jobs loss company under scrutiny | Jobs loss company under scrutiny |
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| Employment Minister Sir Reg Empey is to send officials into a County Antrim company where 200 people lost their jobs. | Employment Minister Sir Reg Empey is to send officials into a County Antrim company where 200 people lost their jobs. |
| Reid Transport in Cloughmills went into administration last week. | Reid Transport in Cloughmills went into administration last week. |
| Trade union, Unite, said many of the workers had been told they would not be compensated for their job loss. | Trade union, Unite, said many of the workers had been told they would not be compensated for their job loss. |
| Sir Reg said his department would study the company's records to see how many workers are entitled to redundancy payments from the government. | Sir Reg said his department would study the company's records to see how many workers are entitled to redundancy payments from the government. |
| "I cannot make promises that we cannot keep. I will have to study the books before I can ascertain the extent to which we will be able to help them," Sir Reg said. | "I cannot make promises that we cannot keep. I will have to study the books before I can ascertain the extent to which we will be able to help them," Sir Reg said. |
| "Anything that we can do, we will do." | "Anything that we can do, we will do." |
| Unite has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to make emergency payments to the workers. | Unite has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to make emergency payments to the workers. |
| Sean Smyth from Unite said employees were still waiting for action. | |
| Speaking from the factory gates on Monday morning, he said: "We have 30 plus employees standing here very disappointed. | |
| "They were led to believe that Liam Reid would be coming this morning and that the agencies would be coming. So far, no-one has turned up. They are standing here in limbo, they don't know what is happening." |