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In February this year, 1000 of the original 2500 workers were made redundant. Since then, most of the rest have been working a one day week. And the announcement of the closure could lead to the loss of another 1000 jobs in Northern Ireland in suppliers' further 2000 jobs in Britain.
Already the official unemployment figures in Northern Ireland have crept up to 20 per cent (at 112,978) with the loss of nearly 1100 jobs before the Lorean course in the mainly Catholic nationalist areas, joblessness runs at more than double the rate for the whole six counties The De Lorean project was started in al the Labour government was heralding its 'victory"
factory in na- and Roy has now Minister of force, that 80 per mer's final result, ly exceeds that firms and a TOTOes Panamanian May. This was Of time when the formation over the nationalist people. Political status had been withdrawn from people imprisoned as a result of the war, Mason, Northern was trying hard to claim that the RUC, the local paramilitary police would soon be able to handle 'security'. He was keen to buy a few jobs in order to pull the wool over the eyes of the nationalist working class.
John De Lorean asked for £53m ana promised to create 9000 jobs in all. Six months ago, as a prelude to this sumDe Lorean's board awarded him a $100,000 'performance bonus' for his skill in ripping off f87m from British taxpayers. This figure great.
credited to IRA fund. raising through US supporters and bank raids. De Lorean, though, didn't have to suffer torture and incarceration for his Meanwhile, the US Internal Revenue Service is investigating a Swiss-based conoun, which received £2.8m in British government cash in 1978 as financing for the De Lorean project. Write to People 's Democracy Con. nolly Bookshop, Avoca Park, Ander sonstown, Belfast 11 with messages of support to the De Lorean shop stewards committee and for more inSocialist Challenge 11 June 1982 page 7
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