UniPhar Update

Previously on Limerick Star we reported that jobs were to go at the UniPhar operation in Limerick

It has now been confirmed that 45 jobs will go at UniPhar in Limerick. SIPTU has confirmed that the entire evening shift at UniPhar in Garryglass limerick will go from March 2010. The remaining staff at Garryglass will recieve a 7 to 10% pay cut. Michael Kiely of SIPTU says that the 45 job losses is nearly 40% of the UniPhar workforce at Garryglass and that Limerick is being treated unfairly.