The Irish Sea operator with the largest network, Stena Line, has ignored normal industrial processes, a transport union representative claimed, by not notifying unions about the proposed axing of 80 jobs.
The claim from the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) comes after the Swedish owned freight and passenger company announced on Monday of potential redundancies, including 30 consultants. This arose from recommendations of an internal review where it found its business operations were “too big and expensive” in relation to its revenue.
Stena is an employee of hundreds in Northern Ireland, where Belfast has routes to Cairnryan, Scotland, and Heysham and Liverpool, England, in addition to 6,000 more staff across northern Europe, particularly in Scandinavia. However, it remains unclear as to where in the network the redundancies will be focused.
Its CEO Paul Grant, announced to its workforce of the cut to staff on Monday morning by email, a move that has angered union representatives in the TSSA.
On Tuesday, the TSSA wrote to Stena bosses to express its disappointment in how the news of the staff cuts was handled. In addition to requesting a meeting between the company and the union.
Belfast Telegraph has more on the trade union's response to the job losses and the impact on costs from the introduction of the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) affecting freight and passenger customers.
