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Bausch & Lomb expands Waterford contact lens plant
Production lines for new lenses will create 100 jobs over the next four years
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Bausch & Lomb to create 125 jobs in Waterford
Announcement comes less than a year after facility was on verge of closing
Bausch & Lomb to create 50 new posts in Waterford
Contact lens maker is to invest €41m in its Waterford facility over the next 18 months
Bausch & Lomb to upgrade Waterford plant
Eye-care company is currently in the process of implementing 200 job cuts
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Workers back Bausch & Lomb cost-cutting proposals
Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton says company committed to investing in the Waterford plant
Siptu members vote in favour of Bausch & Lomb cost-cutting deal
Proposal for Waterford plant must also be backed by almost 100 TEEU members
Staff to vote on ‘modified’ Bausch & Lomb proposals
New offer sees pay cut of 7.5% rather than the 20% originally tabled
Bausch & Lomb workers to be briefed by union leaders
Contact lens-maker has “modified” its starting position which sought almost 200 redundancies
Valeant Pharmaceuticals continues to eye up Allergan
Canadian-based company said Allergan’s refusal to enter talks left it with no option but to go hostile
Irish Embassy contacts US senator over Waterford jobs bid
Democratic senator Charles Schumer called for jobs to be moved to New York
Union hopes for compromise deal with Bausch & Lomb
Siptu hopes to reduce numbers affected by management’s 200-job redundancy plan
Siptu meets politicians on Bausch & Lomb jobs threat
Contact lens maker wants 20 per cent pay cut on top of 200 redundancies
Bausch & Lomb holds all the cards
Waterford workers appear to have little leverage in battle to soften swingeing cuts
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IDA tells Bausch & Lomb staff to weigh options carefully
Multinational has threatened to close Waterford plant if cost-saving measures are not accepted
Bruton denies firm’s announcement delayed to suit elections
Minister says department had been working to secure some jobs at company for a while
Tide turns for plant that once benefited from US job cuts
Scale of cuts savage despite a certain expectation of bad news
Waterford believes job losses have hit it harder than most
TDs complains of little action to generate new employment opportunities
Bausch & Lomb says 200 jobs must go to save Waterford plant
Contact lens maker also seeking 20% pay cuts to bring subsidary in line with other divisions
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