Workers at the high-tech Seagate manufacturing site in Derry believe they are on the cusp of official union recognition for the first time in the company's three-decade history in Northern Ireland.
This comes only months after fears were raised about job security and wages, following an announcement in October that the hard-drive maker was cutting its global workforce by 8% - a total of around 3,000 jobs worldwide.
Seagate, a data storage specialist company that accounts for a large percentage of all hard drives sold worldwide, remains one of the largest employers in the North West region even after the 2008 closure of its manufacturing facility in Limavady.
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